4, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. House. 1 related planning application.

4, High Street

WRENN ID
little-gargoyle-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1983
Type
House
Address
4, High Street, Wem Urban, SY4 5AA
OS grid reference
SJ 514 289
Coordinates
52.85599, -2.72306
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 4 on High Street is a building dating from around the 17th century. It has a timber-framed structure that is fronted in painted brick from the 19th century. The timber framing is visible in the gable end, with brick infill panels. The roof is low-pitched and covered with concrete tiles, featuring gabled ends. The building has two storeys, with two modern casement windows on the first floor and a large modern shop front on the ground floor. There is a central brick chimney stack.

Local climate

4, 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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