The Old Buck's Head Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Buck's Head Inn
- WRENN ID
- scarred-wall-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Buck's Head Inn, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, SY3 8JR
- OS grid reference
- SJ 486 129
- Coordinates
- 52.71172, -2.76204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Buck's Head Inn is a public house that likely dates from the 16th to 17th century, with a refacing in the 18th century and incorporating a former shop from around 1800. It features painted brick over a timber frame and has a plain tiled roof. The main range is between 1.5 to 2 storeys tall and has an irregular arrangement of windows. There is a central entry that leads to a rear courtyard, which was enlarged in the 20th century.
The left section of the building was probably once a dwelling, characterized by a round-arched doorway on the right and a 4-pane sash window next to it. There is also a small possible fire window to the right, with two additional 4-pane sash windows above that interrupt a string course. A dormer window has been inserted, cutting into the eaves, and square-panelled timber framing is visible on the side wall.
The main part of the building to the right of the carriage entry has an early 19th-century front, featuring a central door flanked by shallow canted bay windows with small panes and a continuous architrave above, which partly conceals the string course. There are traces of blocked openings to the right, including a single ring segmental head that may have been a former doorway and a 12-pane sash window. The roof has three dormer windows, and there are gable end and axial stacks.
To the right, there is an early 19th-century building that has been incorporated into the inn. This section is three storeys high with a single-window range that projects forward of the earlier building line. It has an early 19th-century shop front with a doorway on the left and a small-paned window with an architrave and fascia above. There is a 16-pane sash window above, with 9 panes in the attic storey, featuring a flat-arched gauged brick head. The gable end has a stack, and there is a lower bay to the right that was possibly once a passage but is now infilled with a doorway on the ground floor and a 4-pane sash window above.
Local climate
The Old Buck's Head Inn 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- 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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