The Literary Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1978. Institute. 1 related planning application.
The Literary Institute
- WRENN ID
- seventh-basalt-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1978
- Type
- Institute
- Address
- The Literary Institute, 17, High Street, Newport
- OS grid reference
- SJ 745 189
- Coordinates
- 52.76747, -2.37805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Literary Institute is an early 19th-century building located on the west side of High Street. It is constructed of red brick and stands three storeys high. The façade features three sash windows without glazing bars. On either side of the ground storey, there is a segmental-headed window; the right window is tripartite, while the left has a modern rectangular bay shop window above it. The central doorway is flanked by narrow pilasters and topped with a rectangular fanlight, leading to a six-flush-panelled door. The building has corbelled brick eaves and is covered with slate roofing.
Local climate
The Literary Institute 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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