The String of Horses is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. A C16 House, shop, office.

The String of Horses

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bromsgrove
Constituency
Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
House, shop, office
Address
The String of Horses, Stoke
OS grid reference
SO 952 684
Coordinates
52.31405, -2.07077
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The String of Horses is a pair of houses that have been converted into a shop and offices. They were likely built in 1576 for John Worral and were re-erected and restored in 1975 and 1976. The structure features a timber frame with rendered infill and a tiled roof, arranged in an L-shape. It stands two storeys high with an attic at the gable end of the right range. The building has four windows on the upper floor, all of which are three-light, except for the one on the right, which has five lights. On the ground floor, there are three windows, including a two-light and a three-light casement. The right-hand corner features a 19th-century shop front with a plate glass window and an entrance that is angled across the corner with a glazed door. To the left, there are two additional entrances that have restored carved doorheads and 20th-century doors. The framing on the first floor is jettied with close-studding and a mid-rail, and the studs are supported by cabled pilasters with corbel heads. The building was relocated from the corner of New Street and Frankwell in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in 1971.

Local climate

The String of Horses receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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