6, Tower Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1993. Shop, dwelling. 1 related planning application.
6, Tower Street
- WRENN ID
- lone-terrace-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1993
- Type
- Shop, dwelling
- Address
- 6, Tower Street, Ludlow, SY8 1RL
- OS grid reference
- SO 512 747
- Coordinates
- 52.36831, -2.71689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century shop and dwelling located on Tower Street, Ludlow. The building is stuccoed with a plain tile roof and stands three stories high, featuring a two-window front. It has late 19th-century two-over-two sash windows within moulded architraves, with smaller sash windows above. The shopfront is from the 19th century, featuring a recessed 20th-century half-glazed door to the left, and a window with heavy moulded glazing bars. To the right is a plank door in a moulded case, sheltered by a simple projecting hood. The right-hand gable has a roughcast finish. A rendered two-story wing extends to the rear, containing an 18th-century lateral stack. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
6, Tower Street receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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