Bishop Percy's House is a Grade I listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. A 1580 House. 6 related planning applications.

Bishop Percy's House

WRENN ID
weathered-moulding-fern
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1949
Type
House
Address
Bishop Percy's House, 52, Cartway, Bridgnorth, WV16 4BG
OS grid reference
SO 718 930
Coordinates
52.53493, -2.41705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bishop Percy's House, located at 52 Cartway in Bridgnorth, dates back to 1580. This three-storey building is timber framed and features plaster with pierced quatrefoils. It has a triple-gabled roof adorned with barge-boards and two wood mullioned transomed windows on the first floor. The second and third storeys overhang on enriched consoles, and there is a moulded wood cornice. The roof is covered with old tiles, and there have been alterations to the ground floor. This house was formerly marked with a plaque noting that Bishop Percy, the author of "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry," was born here in 1728. Bishop Percy's House is part of a group with Nos 51 to 68 and Nos 40 to 42 on River Side.

Local climate

Bishop Percy's 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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