The Nun's House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 1 related planning application.

The Nun's House

WRENN ID
steep-newel-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
The Nun's House, Council House Courtyard, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AU
OS grid reference
SJ 494 127
Coordinates
52.70982, -2.74987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Nun's House is a house that was formerly part of the Old Council House and is now a separate dwelling. It dates from around 1840 and is constructed of brick with a plain tiled half-hipped roof. The building has two storeys and features a two-window range facing southeast, with a gabled porch on the left and 2-light leaded casement windows. It also has an axial stack with tall diamond flues.

Local climate

The Nun's House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% 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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