Shakespeare Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1974. A Early C19 Hotel. 3 related planning applications.
Shakespeare Hotel
- WRENN ID
- crooked-roof-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1974
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Shakespeare Hotel, West Castle Street, Bridgnorth, WV16 4AD
- OS grid reference
- SO 716 930
- Coordinates
- 52.53421, -2.41936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shakespeare Hotel is an early 19th-century building located on the east side of West Castle Street in Bridgnorth. It is constructed of painted brick and stands two storeys tall, featuring five casement windows. The entrance is marked by a moulded wood doorcase topped with a cornice hood. The left-hand side of the building has a plain gable, and the roof is covered with a mix of old and new tiles. The returned side facing East Castle Street includes both sash and casement windows, with the lower windows having glazing bars. This side also features a moulded wood pilaster doorcase with a small cornice hood. The Shakespeare Hotel is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 5 East Castle Street.
Local climate
Shakespeare Hotel receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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