28 and 29, Princess Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
28 and 29, Princess Street
- WRENN ID
- noble-roof-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 28 and 29, Princess Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LW
- OS grid reference
- SJ 491 124
- Coordinates
- 52.70703, -2.7541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This early 18th-century building on Princess Street, Shrewsbury, originally served as two shops with attached dwellings. It is constructed of painted brick with a plain tiled roof. The building is three storeys high and has a five-window front. The windows are 2-pane sashes with flat arches and 12 panes to the second storey. A central doorway is above a shop window, both within architraves. A fascia sits above the shop window to the right. To the left of the central doorway is a shop front with a doorway and window. A rainwater head with Corinthian detailing is centrally placed. The building has a parapet eaves line, behind which are three gabled dormers. A rear wall stack is present, and the rear of the building includes a stack.
Local climate
28 and 29, Princess 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
- 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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