Remains of medieval town wall and attached building is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1995. Historical structure. 2 related planning applications.

Remains of medieval town wall and attached building

WRENN ID
lunar-thatch-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1995
Type
Historical structure
Address
Remains of medieval town wall and attached building, St Mary's Water Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 2BA
OS grid reference
SJ 494 126
Coordinates
52.70932, -2.74994
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of a medieval town wall and an attached building are located on St Mary's Water Lane in Shrewsbury. These structures likely date from the 13th century and later. The wall is made of coursed and squared red sandstone. It was originally part of the city wall and also serves as the long wall of a single-storey building that has a low-pitched Welsh slate roof. At the apex of the gable, there are remains of a carved finial, but there are no original openings present.

Local climate

Remains of medieval town wall and attached building 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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