1 and 3 Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
1 and 3 Church Street
- WRENN ID
- unlit-flue-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1 and 3 Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 290 295
- Coordinates
- 52.85886, -3.05561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This property comprises two houses, now shops, located at 1 and 3 Church Street. The core of the building dates back to the 17th century and was remodelled in 1707, as indicated by a datestone. An early 19th-century extension was added, with significant later alterations, primarily in the late 20th century. The construction is a mix of timber framing and brick, with a slate roof.
The building consists of a main hall and a cross-wing, with a hip-roofed projection added at a right angle to the left side of the hall. The 19th-century projection has a toothed eaves cornice. The gable of the cross-wing features late 20th-century casement windows on the first floor and a contemporary shop front below. A second, late 20th-century shop front is present on the C19 projection. A tall rendered stack is situated to the right of the gable. A passageway to the right features chamfered spine beams.
A datestone, inscribed "P I E 1707," is situated on the gable, which also has an ornamental wrought-iron bracket that once held a shop sign.
Inside, the former rear wall of the gable exhibits a richly moulded bressumer, with run-out stops sawn off on the left to accommodate a late 20th-century staircase. Exposed purlins and wall-posts remain on the first floor of the gable, though the roof trusses were plastered over during a re-survey in August 1985.
Local climate
1 and 3 Church Street receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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