Council House Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A C15 House.

Council House Cottage

WRENN ID
moated-garret-rowan
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
Council House Cottage, Council House Courtyard, Shrewsbury
OS grid reference
SJ 494 126
Coordinates
52.70959, -2.74978
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Council House Cottage, formerly part of the Old Council House, is a house that dates from the 15th to 17th centuries, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed from coursed and squared sandstone rubble and brick, topped with a plain tiled roof. The ground floor features stonework, a doorway on the right, and two sash windows with single ring cambered brick heads. The upper windows are 12-pane sashes with segmentally-arched heads. There is an axial stack, and the building includes part of the hall from the Old Council House, which was subdivided in the 19th century.

Local climate

Council House Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% 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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