31 Town Walls and attached railings is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 1 related planning application.
31 Town Walls and attached railings
- WRENN ID
- weathered-sill-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- 31 Town Walls and attached railings, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 489 122
- Coordinates
- 52.70553, -2.75672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
31 Town Walls is a house located in Shrewsbury, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of brick and features a Welsh slate roof. The building has three storeys above a basement and includes a three-window range, with the central bay being slightly advanced. The entrance consists of a central six-panelled door that is flanked by recessed Doric pilasters and topped with a shallow segmental fanlight. The windows are twelve-pane sash types with flat-arched heads, and there are nine-pane attic windows that are raised as dormers in the central and right-hand bays. Gable end stacks are present, and there are cast-iron railings surrounding the basement area, which feature spearhead and urn finials.
Local climate
31 Town Walls and attached railings 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 92% 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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- Radon risk assessment
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