8, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. Shop, dwelling. 2 related planning applications.
8, High Street
- WRENN ID
- errant-lead-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- Shop, dwelling
- Address
- 8, High Street, Ludlow, SY8 1BS
- OS grid reference
- SO 510 746
- Coordinates
- 52.36743, -2.71985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 High Street is a building that originally served as shops and dwellings, dating from the 17th to 18th century. It features a plaster exterior and a timber-frame structure topped with a hipped slate roof. The building stands three stories tall and has a three-window range. The windows on the upper floors are 20th-century 6/6 sashes set in moulded cases with architraves, while there are similar 3/3 sashes above. The ground floor has a 20th-century shopfront. The facade facing Market Square includes two 20th-century 6/6 sashes in close studding, supported by two massive joists that hold up a shallow jetty and lighter studding, along with two 20th-century 3/3 sashes. The front facing Market Street is made of plaster and features 20th-century windows and a door.
Local climate
8, 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 — 2 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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