23 and 23a, Princess Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Shop/dwelling. 1 related planning application.
23 and 23a, Princess Street
- WRENN ID
- drifting-bastion-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Shop/dwelling
- Address
- 23 and 23a, Princess Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LW
- OS grid reference
- SJ 491 123
- Coordinates
- 52.70685, -2.75364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
23 and 23A Princess Street is a former shop that was originally a dwelling, built in the late 17th century. The building features painted brick with exposed timber-framing in the gable and has a plain tiled hipped gambrel roof. It stands three storeys tall with a four-window range facing Princess Street and a three-window range facing College Hill. The College Hill elevation has 12-pane flush-framed sash windows with flat-arched gauged brick heads, while the Princess Street elevation has casements with transoms. The ground floor has inserted shop fronts, with the fascia blocking the lower string course. There is a moulded timber overhanging eaves cornice and two hipped dormers in the roof, along with a rear wall stack. Inside, small scantling timber-framing is exposed in the partition wall, and there is an early staircase featuring twisted balusters, a heavy moulded rail, and newels.
Local climate
23 and 23a, Princess Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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