Upper House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1970. Residential.

Upper House

WRENN ID
iron-courtyard-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1970
Type
Residential
Address
Upper House, Upton Cressett
OS grid reference
SO 656 928
Coordinates
52.5322, -2.50712
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper House is an early 19th century building constructed of stone and brick, topped with a tiled roof and featuring end brick stacks. It stands two storeys high and has three Gothick two-light windows on the front. The building also includes a Gothick doorway and a central pediment adorned with a quatrefoil. The eaves are moulded in stone.

Local climate

Upper House 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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