2 and 3, St Austin's Friars is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.

2 and 3, St Austin's Friars

WRENN ID
gentle-transept-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
2 and 3, St Austin's Friars, Shrewsbury, SY1 1RY
OS grid reference
SJ 488 126
Coordinates
52.70904, -2.75903
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of houses located at 2 and 3 St Austin's Friars, built around 1800. They are constructed of brick and topped with Welsh slate roofs. Each house has three storeys and features a single-unit plan. The outer doorways are adorned with overlights and entablatures supported by console brackets. The houses also have flush-framed 16-pane sash windows with flat-arched heads, along with gable and axial stacks.

Local climate

2 and 3, St Austin's Friars 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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