1a, High Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. Shop and dwelling. 1 related planning application.
1a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- far-keystone-rye
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- Shop and dwelling
- Address
- 1a, High Street, Ludlow, SY8 1BS
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 746
- Coordinates
- 52.36765, -2.71942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1A High Street is a shop and dwelling that dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building features a combination of brick, timber-frame, and plaster, topped with a plain tile roof that has twin gables at the front. It has a single bay plan and stands four storeys tall with a cellar.
The façade has a two-window range, including an 18th-century bow window with six-over-six sash windows, a stud and plaster underhang, and a 19th-century cast-iron guard. To the right, there is a 20th-century metal casement window with leaded lights, set in close studding. The second floor features a similar bow window, but with a combination of four-over-four and six-over-six sashes. There is a jetty on this floor with an enriched 20th-century bressummer-board and consoles, alongside a 20th-century mullion window with metal casements and leaded lights, also set in close studding.
The third floor has another jetty with an enriched bressummer-board and consoles, one of which is from the 20th century. This floor includes two 20th-century mullion windows with metal casements and leaded lights, and the framing shows chevron bracing. The twin gables have enriched eaves supported by consoles and feature enriched finials. The ground floor is made of 18th-century brick, with a 20th-century glazed door and a 20th-century shop window in an altered opening. The returned sides of the building display 20th-century enriched eaves and finials.
The front facing Harp Lane is also built of 18th-century brick and has 20th-century casement windows on the first and second floors, along with a 20th-century dormer window. Inside, the building has many exposed timbers and a winder stair with 18th-century turned balusters.
Local climate
1a, High Street receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- 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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