The Old White Horse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. House, inn.

The Old White Horse

WRENN ID
gentle-ember-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1986
Type
House, inn
Address
The Old White Horse, Worthen with Shelve
OS grid reference
SJ 327 047
Coordinates
52.63601, -2.99492
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old White Horse is a house that was formerly an inn and has now returned to domestic use. It dates from the early 19th century and has undergone later additions and alterations. The building is constructed of red brick and features a slate roof with wide, spreading eaves and verges, along with external end stacks. It stands three storeys high and has a five-window front, with 16-paned glazing bar sashes that have gauged heads. The first floor has a central window that is blind, while the second floor features windows of reduced proportions that are also blind and painted to imitate real windows. The right ground-floor window is flanked by mid-19th century horned glazing bar sashes.

The central entrance is marked by an open-pedimented pilastered doorcase that includes panelled reveals, a semi-circular fanlight, and a six-panel door. There is a Salop Fire Insurance Plate numbered 14368 located in the centre on the first floor. To the left, there is a low brick projection that was formerly a shop, which has large 19th-century windows with tumbled brick heads flanking a central door.

Local climate

The Old White Horse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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