68, Bower Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1974. House. 4 related planning applications.

68, Bower Yard

WRENN ID
shifting-steeple-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Constituency
Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1974
Type
House
Address
68, Bower Yard, the Gorge, TF8 7JP
OS grid reference
SJ 672 033
Coordinates
52.62678, -2.48488
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 16th-century timber-framed building with painted brick infilling, located within the Ironbridge Bower Yard. It is a single-story structure with an attic within the gable, which features two 19th-century iron casement windows. The ground floor has one modern casement window and a simple doorway with a weatherhood. A large chimney with a restored brick stack is located on the right-hand side, and the building has sprocket eaves, topped with modern tiles. A single-story rubble outbuilding with a gable projects from the left side. Inside, the ceiling has exposed beams.

Local climate

68, Bower Yard receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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