Priory Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Tower. 3 related planning applications.
Priory Tower
- WRENN ID
- solitary-paling-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Priory Tower, Bull Ring, Much Wenlock, TF13 6HS
- OS grid reference
- SJ 623 000
- Coordinates
- 52.59688, -2.55674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Priory Tower is a 13th-century entrance-gate tower of the priory, constructed from stone rubble. It is a tall, rectangular, plain structure. The tower is part of a group that includes Nos 7 to 11, which are consecutive properties.
Local climate
Priory Tower receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 — 3 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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