No. 2a, Lower Bar is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1978. Foundry. 1 related planning application.
No. 2a, Lower Bar
- WRENN ID
- buried-hearth-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1978
- Type
- Foundry
- Address
- No. 2a, Lower Bar, Newport, TF10 7BQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 743 193
- Coordinates
- 52.77074, -2.38122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2a, Lower Bar is a building dating from around 1910. It is a single-storey structure made of red brick, with the front painted. Originally an agricultural iron foundry, the front features two large horse-shoe shaped openings, with the right opening now glazed. There is a doorway on the left that has a part-glazed divided door. The building has coved plaster eaves and a continuous tiled pentice, which is topped by three small gables, each containing a circular window. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
No. 2a, Lower Bar receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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