Former Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1995. Former church, office. 2 related planning applications.
Former Church of St Nicholas
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1995
- Type
- Former church, office
- Address
- Former Church of St Nicholas, Castle Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 2BQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 494 127
- Coordinates
- 52.71003, -2.75033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Church of St Nicholas, now converted to offices, was built around 1850 by RC Bennett of Weymouth. It is constructed from coursed and squared limestone and features plain tiled roofs. The building is designed in a Romanesque style, characterized by a high and short nave, lean-to aisles, and a vestigial apse.
The exterior includes a high west gable with deep moulding surrounding a round-arched doorway that has triple shafts and foliate and trumpet capitals. To the right is a lean-to aisle with a side door and a round-arched window at the west end. A circular stair turret is located to the left, featuring narrow stair windows. The north aisle has a curved corner with a doorway set back across the angle, supported by engaged shafts with foliate capitals. The aisle is divided into four bays by a central buttress, with simple round-arched windows and circular windows in the short clerestory above. This building is a well-articulated example of neo-Norman style and makes an important contribution to the streetscape.
Local climate
Former Church of St Nicholas 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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