20 and 22, Castle Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. House, office. 2 related planning applications.
20 and 22, Castle Street
- WRENN ID
- rooted-thatch-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- House, office
- Address
- 20 and 22, Castle Street, Ludlow, SY8 1AT
- OS grid reference
- SO 509 746
- Coordinates
- 52.36751, -2.72109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The houses at 20 and 22 Castle Street date from the 18th century and are now used as a house and offices. They are built of brick, with old plain tiles to the roof and a brick axial ridge stack featuring slate pots. The houses are three storeys plus an attic and cellar, with a three-window front. The windows are predominantly 6/6 sashes in moulded cases, with grooved stucco lintels. Some later 19th-century 3/3 sashes are also present, set within moulded cases and featuring gauged brick flat arches. Moulded wooden eaves run along the roofline. Two gable dormers are visible, featuring plastered gables and 2-light casements. Brick coped gable parapets finish the roof.
The left-hand house has a 6-panel door with a fanlight, within a panelled round-headed case topped by a moulded wooden open pediment on plain consoles and pilasters. To the right of the door are two 6/6 sashes, and a 20th-century 8/8 sash, all with moulded cases and grooved stucco lintels. The right-hand house features a 6-panel door with a fanlight, set within a gauged brick semi-circular arch with a simple hood on wrought-iron brackets. A storey band runs above the ground floor. The left return has a 6/6 sash on the first floor, above a window and part-glazed door, both set within gauged brick flat arches.
The rear of the property has twin gabled wings with 8/8 sashes and a 2-light casement on the first and second floors, all within segmental arches. There are also two 2-light casements, one of metal, in the gables. A skylight is present, as is a brick stack to the left-hand unit.
Inside, there is a corner fireplace to the front of the right-hand house (No. 20).
Local climate
20 and 22, Castle Street receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 5 transactions since 2001
- 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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