Shoemakers Cottage and Old Tong House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1955. Cottage.

Shoemakers Cottage and Old Tong House

WRENN ID
under-span-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 May 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
Shoemakers Cottage and Old Tong House, 45, Hubbal Lane, TF11 8PW
OS grid reference
SJ 796 074
Coordinates
52.6642, -2.3022
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shoemakers Cottage and Old Tong House are two former cottages located on the north side of Hubbal Lane in Tong. They date from the mid to late 17th century and are constructed with a timber frame, featuring a stone plinth, painted brick nogging, and an old tile roof. The building consists of four framed bays and stands one and a half storeys tall.

The exterior includes four eyebrow eaves dormers, each fitted with two-light leaded casements, along with end stacks and central ridge stacks. The framing is characterized by square panels with straight braces. The front of the building has four windows: a two-light leaded casement on the left and three five-light leaded casements on the right, with the far-right window displaying Gothic tracery. There are boarded and half-glazed doors located between the first and second windows from the left, and a 20th-century boarded door between the first and second windows from the right. It is likely that this row of cottages was originally thatched.

Local climate

Shoemakers Cottage and Old Tong House 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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