16, Bull Ring is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House, shop, offices. 2 related planning applications.
16, Bull Ring
- WRENN ID
- eastward-threshold-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House, shop, offices
- Address
- 16, Bull Ring, Ludlow, SY8 1AD
- OS grid reference
- SO 512 747
- Coordinates
- 52.36881, -2.71795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 16 Bull Ring is a house that has been converted into a shop and offices. It dates from the late 18th century, with a core that likely originates from the 17th century. The building is constructed of brick, featuring asbestos tiles on the front and Welsh slate on the rear. It stands three stories high and has a three-window range, with early 19th-century plain sashes set in moulded cases beneath gauged brick flat arches. There is a storey band and two 1/1 sashes in moulded cases, along with a brick modillion eaves.
The central entrance is located in a protruding 19th-century shopfront that has a curved return to the right. To the right of the shopfront, there is a double door leading to a passage at the rear, which is topped by a brick arch and features a storey band of narrow brick above it. The passage includes a cellar opening and has stuccoed walls, as well as a 19th-century half-glazed door with a moulded architrave.
At the rear, there is a two-story wing that has a 19th-century brick stack on the rear gable, with the visible portion weather boarded. The right side of this wing has a projecting first floor supported by an exposed bressummer and is roughcast, featuring two 19th-century casements. The stuccoed ground floor has two late 19th-century plain sashes.
Additionally, there is a further workshop range, which likely dates from the 17th century and has undergone many alterations. This range is made of rubble with some brick quoins and patching, and includes various early 19th-century lights and sliding sashes. Inside, the building features chamfered beams, some splayed window openings, and a stone arched opening leading to the stairs that ascend to the higher level range. There is also the base of a massive gable stack with a blocked fireplace.
Local climate
16, Bull Ring receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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