Kings Head Inn and Outbuildings to Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
Kings Head Inn and Outbuildings to Rear
- WRENN ID
- ragged-hearth-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Kings Head Inn and Outbuildings to Rear, 48, Church Street, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5AA
- OS grid reference
- SO 323 887
- Coordinates
- 52.49203, -2.99777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kings Head Inn and its outbuildings, located at No. 48 on Church Street in Bishop's Castle, are early 19th-century structures. They are built from limestone rubble, with the front rendered and a slate roof. The building has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys high, featuring deep eaves and an integral brick end stack on the right side. The front has three windows with segmental-headed glazing bar sashes. Between the first and second windows from the left, there is a four-panelled door, with the top two panels being glazed. This door has a plain surround and is topped with an open triangular pedimented hood supported by shaped brackets. Additionally, there is an elaborate wrought iron sign bracket from the 19th century centrally located on the first floor.
Local climate
Kings Head Inn and Outbuildings to Rear receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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