Astbury House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Astbury House
- WRENN ID
- last-threshold-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Astbury House, 89, High Street, Wem Urban, SY4 5DR
- OS grid reference
- SJ 510 288
- Coordinates
- 52.8549, -2.72772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Astbury House is a small, late 18th-century brick house situated on the south side of High Street. It has a slate roof with pedimental gable ends and brick dentil eaves. The house is three storeys high and has three bays. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, set within exposed moulded casings, and have stuccoed heads. On the ground floor are two small, multi-pane shop windows in moulded frames. There are two flush panel doors, each with a hood supported by brackets. A fire insurance plaque is affixed to the front of the building.
Local climate
Astbury 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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