Overton is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. House.

Overton

WRENN ID
veiled-rubble-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 2000
Type
House
Address
Overton, Richard's Castle (Shropshire)
OS grid reference
SO 501 720
Coordinates
52.34408, -2.73314
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Overton is a house dating from the late 18th century, with 19th-century extensions. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and brick, topped with a tiled roof and features brick ridge chimneys. The building consists of two parallel blocks, each with end extensions on one side.

The exterior is three stories high and has a three-window range. On the first floor, there are three 19th-century 2/2 sash windows with keyed stone lintels. At the attic level, there are three 3/3 sash windows beneath brick dentil eaves. The ground floor features 19th-century bay windows on either side of a central door, which is sheltered by a lean-to hipped tiled pentice roof. The doorway is glazed over and has a two-leaf door, each panel topped with glass.

To the left, there is an extension with a two-story single-window range that includes 2/2 sashes, also with keyed stone lintels. The left return has two 2/2 sashes with keyed stone lintels and stone sills on the first floor, plus one on the ground floor. The ground-floor window to the right has been converted into a bay window with a tiled hipped roof. The central entrance features a four-panel door with a keyed stone lintel.

A service wing is attached to the left of the gable end. The right return has a single 2/2 sash with a keyed stone lintel. On the rear block's gable end, there is a single 2-light casement and an additional 2/2 sash at ground level, both with keyed stone lintels. The rear of the building has a parallel block that is two stories high, featuring a five-window range of 2-light casements with keyed stone lintels on the ground floor. To the right, there is a six-panelled door, and in the center, there is a 20th-century glazed door. The service wing abuts the rear block on the right.

The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Overton receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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