The Ancient House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
The Ancient House
- WRENN ID
- tall-marble-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Ancient House, 1, Church Stretton, SY6 6RE
- OS grid reference
- SO 443 918
- Coordinates
- 52.52197, -2.82197
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ancient House is a house, formerly a posting house known as The Sun Inn until the 19th century. It dates from the late 16th or early 17th century and was altered in the 18th century. The house is timber-framed with painted brick infill panels and painted stone rubble. It has a plain-tile roof with a brick ridge stack. The rectangular plan consists of four framed bays parallel to the street.
The exterior is two storeys high. The street front features square-panelled timber framing, three panels high, with an additional panel likely indicating raised eaves, covering the main three bays. A lower extension bay to the left is also three panels high. There are various wood casements and a projecting entrance porch. A stone rubble gable is visible on the left return. Lean-to extensions cover the ground floor at the rear.
The interior was not inspected during the listing process.
Local climate
The Ancient House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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