White Lion Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Public house. 6 related planning applications.
White Lion Public House
- WRENN ID
- lost-lead-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- White Lion Public House, High Street, Wem Urban, SY4 5AA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 514 289
- Coordinates
- 52.8559, -2.72268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Lion Public House is an early 19th century building constructed of painted brick. It features a Welsh slate roof with gabled ends and stands two storeys tall. The front has a three-window range, with sash windows on the first floor that include glazing bars and plain lintels. The ground floor has early 20th century bowed windows and a doorway set in splayed ashlar openings, topped with a cornice. Brick chimney stacks rise from the ridge. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
White Lion Public House 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 2013
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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