1, College Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Bank, offices. 1 related planning application.
1, College Hill
- WRENN ID
- patient-banister-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Bank, offices
- Address
- 1, College Hill, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LT
- OS grid reference
- SJ 491 123
- Coordinates
- 52.7065, -2.75381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century bank, now used as offices. The front of the building is constructed of ashlar stone, with stuccoed side elevations and a slate roof. It is two storeys high and features a pedimented gable facing the street. The ground floor is rusticated ashlar, with three round-arched windows set within stepped openings. The upper floor windows are 12-pane sash windows, set in moulded architraves and divided by pilasters. A heavy entablature sits above the pediment. The western return elevation has a doorway in a later porch towards the rear, along with three 16-pane sash windows. The upper floor is articulated as eight bays, divided by pilasters, and contains three 12-pane sash windows. The building has end walls and axial stacks.
Local climate
1, College Hill 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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