7 and 8, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1993. Shops and dwellings. 1 related planning application.
7 and 8, King Street
- WRENN ID
- knotted-portal-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1993
- Type
- Shops and dwellings
- Address
- 7 and 8, King Street, Ludlow, SY8 1AQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 746
- Coordinates
- 52.36794, -2.71831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
7 and 8 King Street are shops and dwellings that feature a late 19th-century front, likely built around a core from the 17th century. The building is constructed of stucco and has a slate roof, with a late 19th-century cross axial brick stack positioned on the left front. It stands three storeys tall with a cellar and has a two-window range. The windows are late 19th-century mullion and transom types, fitted with casements in moulded cases and wood sills. Above, there are similar windows and a boarded soffit at the eaves. The roof includes a late 19th-century dormer with a two-light casement and a weatherboarded gable.
The early 20th-century shopfronts feature a three-quarter glazed door in a moulded case on the left, accompanied by a canted mirror and a plate glass window, all with moulded glazing shafts. To the right, there is a late 20th-century half-glazed door with an earlier overlight and case, alongside a plate glass window also in a moulded case. A moulded fascia board is supported by plain pilasters.
Inside, the cellars are partly stone-lined and partly constructed with 18th-century brickwork, featuring massive main joists. The ground and first floors have massive ogee stop-chamfered ceiling joists, and there is an 18th-century dogleg staircase with an inscribed roof timber in No. 7.
Local climate
7 and 8, King 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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