The Old Brick Guest House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Guest house, house. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Brick Guest House

WRENN ID
gentle-buttress-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Guest house, house
Address
The Old Brick Guest House, 7, Church Street, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5AA
OS grid reference
SO 323 885
Coordinates
52.49065, -2.9984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Brick Guest House is a house that has been converted into a guest house. It dates from the early 18th century, with some remodelling in the early to mid-19th century and an addition from the mid- to late-19th century. The building is constructed of red brick, featuring a coursed limestone rubble plinth and a graded slate roof. It has two storeys and a gabled-lit attic, with deep eaves and integral brick end stacks. The façade consists of three bays, with mid- to late-19th century wooden cross casements that likely reflect the original window arrangement. There are three steps leading up to a central six-panelled door, where the top four panels are raised and fielded, and the bottom two are flush. The doorcase is adorned with panelled pilasters, shaped brackets, and a flat hood. To the left, there is a mid- to late-19th century addition that is set back, constructed of roughcast with a painted stone plinth and a graded slate roof, featuring a semi-integral end stack. This addition has two storeys and a two-window front with late-19th century wooden casements that have thin mullions and transoms. Inside, there is an early 18th century staircase that rises two storeys, featuring a square well, three flights with landings, turned balusters, a closed string, a moulded handrail, and square newel posts.

Local climate

The Old Brick Guest House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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