Conduit Head is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1969. A C16 Conduit head.
Conduit Head
- WRENN ID
- tangled-portal-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1969
- Type
- Conduit head
- Address
- Conduit Head, Nobold Lane, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 472 111
- Coordinates
- 52.69555, -2.78219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Conduit Head is a conduit head built in the late 16th century, with later alterations. It is constructed from roughly coursed and squared red sandstone and features timber-framed trusses in each gable, topped with a plain tiled roof. This small gabled structure consists of a single chamber that is accessed through a small inserted doorway in the gable, which houses a brick-lined water tank inside. The gables are designed with cambered trusses that include bracing and a collar, and they are slatted.
Historically, the conduit head served as a collecting tank connected to nine wells in the area, providing a water source for the town of Shrewsbury starting in 1556. The current building was likely completed by 1578. Water was piped from this site, known as Broadwell, to various locations within the town. The system was established under a license granted to the Corporation and was acquired by them in 1878. It remained operational until 1947. Some other urban conduit heads linked to this system still exist, including those on Betton Street, Porthill Road, St Michael's Street, Sundorne Road, and Town Walls.
Local climate
Conduit Head 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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