72, 74 and 76, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. A Early C19 Houses.
72, 74 and 76, High Street
- WRENN ID
- final-spandrel-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 72, 74 and 76, High Street, Wem Urban
- OS grid reference
- SJ 511 288
- Coordinates
- 52.85531, -2.72708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 72, 74, and 76 on High Street are an early 19th-century range of houses with a stucco finish. They feature a plain-tile roof with gabled ends and rise to three storeys across five bays, with the left-hand bay splayed forward. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, and the doorways have pilastered doorcases with console brackets that support cornices. Nos. 72 and 74 have a continuous cornice and a blind fanlight above the doors. The shop fronts have been altered significantly. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
72, 74 and 76, 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
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- 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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