The Ancient House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
The Ancient House
- WRENN ID
- dusted-rood-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Ancient House, 2, Church Stretton, SY6 6RE
- OS grid reference
- SO 443 918
- Coordinates
- 52.52206, -2.82195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ancient House is a 17th-century house located in Little Stretton. It is constructed from painted stone rubble, with some painted render to the rear, and has slate and plain-tiled roof sections. There are integral brick ridge stacks. The house has a two-bay arrangement parallel to the road, with the right-hand bay stepped down. The street front features a single two-light casement window at the first floor on the left, a front entrance door to the left at ground floor level, and a casement window to the right. The north gable end has two-light casements on each floor. A flat-roofed single-storey extension covers the rear at ground level. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Ancient House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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