Admiral Benbow Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Public house.
Admiral Benbow Public House
- WRENN ID
- dusted-sandstone-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Admiral Benbow Public House, Swan Hill, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 490 124
- Coordinates
- 52.70703, -2.75585
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Admiral Benbow Public House is a public house located on Swan Hill in Shrewsbury. It was built around 1800 and raised in height in the later 19th century. The building is constructed of brick and has a plain tiled roof. It stands three storeys high and features a five-window range with a raking outshut at the rear. The central entrance is framed by a moulded architrave with scrolled brackets supporting the hood. The windows are casement style, with mullions and transoms, and the lower windows have smoked glass. The building also has gable end stacks.
Local climate
Admiral Benbow 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 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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