Wheatsheaf Inn and Chandlers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. Inn, dwelling. 4 related planning applications.
Wheatsheaf Inn and Chandlers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusted-balcony-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- Inn, dwelling
- Address
- Wheatsheaf Inn and Chandlers Cottage, Lower Broad Street, Ludlow, SY8 1PQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 512 743
- Coordinates
- 52.36528, -2.71784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wheatsheaf Inn and Chandlers Cottage is a pair of houses that now function as an inn and a dwelling, dating from the early 18th century. The building is constructed of roughcast brick and features a plain tile roof with two ridge lines and a brick stack at the rear. It has a two-unit plan, standing two storeys tall with an attic and cellar, and presents a three-window range.
On the left side, there is a three-light casement window, while the central protruding porch bay contains a three-light metal casement. To the right, there is a three-over-six sash window. The eaves feature a shallow jetty, and there are three dormers with slate-hung roofs, fitted with 20th-century casements.
The central entrance to the left unit is a 20th-century plank door set within an ornamented architrave, topped by a simple weather hood. To the left of this door, there is a three-light wood mullioned window with glazing bars, and to the right, a tripartite arrangement of sashes with a Gothick head in the center, comprising two-over-two, four-over-four, and two-over-two configurations.
The right-hand unit has a six-panel door to the left, which is recessed in the porch bay and features a simple flat hood. To the right of this door, there is a series of sashes arranged as one-over-one, two-over-four, and one-over-two, with a six-over-six sash at the far right. The right-returned side of the building has 20th-century casements on both the ground and first floors, along with a fixed light with glazing bars in the gable, and a blocked opening on the ground floor.
There is a single-storey wing linked to a gate-tower that has a 20th-century light in an altered opening beneath a timber lintel. Additionally, a single-storey and attic wing to the right features a 20th-century four-panel door and two-light sashes arranged as two-over-four and two-over-four. The roughcast gable dormer above has twin casements. Inside, the building retains exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
Wheatsheaf Inn and Chandlers Cottage 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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