20, The Wharfage is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1974. House.

20, The Wharfage

WRENN ID
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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
20, The Wharfage, the Gorge
OS grid reference
SJ 668 036
Coordinates
52.6294, -2.49124
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 20 The Wharfage is a 19th-century building located in Ironbridge. It is constructed of buff brick, featuring bands of blue and red brick. The building has two storeys and includes three renewed sash windows with plain lintels, which may be made of cast iron. The entrance is framed by a plain wood pilaster doorcase, topped with a plain rectangular fanlight, and is sheltered by a small weather-hood. The door itself is part-glazed. The eaves are plain, and the roof is tiled.

Local climate

20, The Wharfage 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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