The Shears is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1980. Former inn. 1 related planning application.
The Shears
- WRENN ID
- second-clay-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1980
- Type
- Former inn
- Address
- The Shears, Watledge Road, Nailsworth
- OS grid reference
- ST 850 999
- Coordinates
- 51.69836, -2.21743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shears is a former inn recorded from 1804, located on Watledge Road. This building stands three storeys high and is constructed of coursed and dressed rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. It has three windows, with glazing bar sashes; the center window on the second floor is blind. The ground floor windows are fixed, and there are fretted cast-iron vents above them. A modern glazed door is situated in the center of the ground floor, and the building is topped with a modern tile roof.
Local climate
The Shears receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- 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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