40 and 42, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Corner building. 6 related planning applications.
40 and 42, High Street
- WRENN ID
- third-facade-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Corner building
- Address
- 40 and 42, High Street, Wem Urban, SY4 5DG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 512 289
- Coordinates
- 52.85547, -2.72513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th century corner building on the north side of High Street. It is constructed of red brick with a hipped slate roof and a brick dentil eaves course. The building is two storeys high and has two bays. It features sash windows without glazing bars, with plain stone lintels and cills. Two small Victorian shop fronts are present. A brick chimney stack rises from the ridge of the roof. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
40 and 42, High Street 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 — 7 transactions since 2002
- 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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