The Don is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. House, commercial. 2 related planning applications.

The Don

WRENN ID
dim-terrace-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 May 1986
Type
House, commercial
Address
The Don, Bailey Head, Oswestry, SY11 1QA
OS grid reference
SJ 291 297
Coordinates
52.86056, -3.05432
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Don is an early 19th-century house, later used as a shop and now a bookmaker's. It is situated on a prominent corner location at the junction of Albion Hill and Bailey Head. The building is constructed of red brick with a slate roof hidden behind a coped eaves parapet. It has a three-by-two bay front, with a three-window facade facing Albion Hill. The windows are glazing bar sashes, originally with plain stone lintels and sills, though the glazing bars have been removed from most windows below the meeting rail. C20th windows and doors have been inserted into the ground floor on both sides. The building is included on the list for its group value.

Local climate

The Don 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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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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