23 and 23a, Swan Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. House, offices. 7 related planning applications.
23 and 23a, Swan Hill
- WRENN ID
- night-spandrel-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House, offices
- Address
- 23 and 23a, Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 490 124
- Coordinates
- 52.70699, -2.75601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century house and offices, originally built as a police station in 1893. It is located on Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, and comprises two adjoining sections, Nos. 23 and 23A, separated by a carriage archway. The building is constructed with a stone (ashlar) facing on a brick core, and has a Welsh slate roof.
The main block (No. 23) has three storeys and five windows. It features paired sash windows with two panes, set within moulded architraves, with the outer bays slightly projecting and topped with shallow segmental pediments. The ground floor is articulated with rusticated pilasters. A more recent double door has been inserted to the left, and the original single doorway is located off-centre. A decorative frieze runs along the first floor, above which is a cornice and parapet adorned with urns. A high archway, located to the left, has a mask as its keystone, and above this is a triple window flanked by Mannerist balustraded pilasters.
No. 23A is a narrower two-window range set back from the archway, accessed from the side. This section also has rusticated pilasters and round-arched windows. Above the archway is a square window with a pedimented head, and a projecting sill that forms a small balcony.
Local climate
23 and 23a, Swan 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 — 7 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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