The King's Head Public House is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A Medieval Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The King's Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- heavy-merlon-starling
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Public house
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The King's Head Public House, Mardol, Shrewsbury, SY1 1PP
- OS grid reference
- SJ 489 126
- Coordinates
- 52.7095, -2.75639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Public House is a public house, possibly originally built as an inn, dating from the late 15th century. It features a timber-framed structure with a plain tiled roof, standing three storeys high and displaying a wide two-window range. The central doorway is flanked by a continuous band of windows on the ground floor, which replicate the traceried detail of the original windows. The first storey juts out, framed in large panels with cusped arch bracing at each end, and centrally features trefoiled panels. The paired windows on this level form two 6-light casements with traceried heads. The second storey also juts out and is framed in large panels with plain bracing and a joweled central post. Here, the paired windows form 6-light casements with leaded panes. Inside, there are remains of a wall painting that has been exposed and conserved on an internal wall, depicting the Last Supper.
Local climate
The King's Head Public House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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