23 and 23a, Wyle Cop is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Shop. 1 related planning application.

23 and 23a, Wyle Cop

WRENN ID
veiled-alcove-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
Shop
Address
23 and 23a, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, SY1 1XB
OS grid reference
SJ 494 123
Coordinates
52.70653, -2.75008
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a pair of shops located at 23 and 23A Wyle Cop in Shrewsbury, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of brick and features a plain tiled roof. The building has three storeys and a four-window range. No. 23 has a late 20th-century shop front, while No. 23A has an early 20th-century shop front with curved glass windows. The upper windows are 12-pane sashes with flat-arched gauged brick heads. There is a string course and a moulded stone eaves cornice, with a parapet above that incorporates two gabled dormers.

Local climate

23 and 23a, Wyle Cop 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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