The Old Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Bell Inn
- WRENN ID
- knotted-fireplace-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Bell Inn, 115, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6BA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 504 122
- Coordinates
- 52.70563, -2.73546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bell Inn is a public house dating from around 1840. It is constructed of painted brick and has a Welsh slate roof. The building stands three storeys high and features a four-window range with a central door set within a moulded architrave, which is supported by reeded console brackets and has panelled rebates. To the left of the door, there is a 12-pane sash window, and to the right, a shallow oriel bay with sash windows. The building has gable and axial stacks.
Local climate
The Old Bell Inn 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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