Wrights Shop is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Shop. 3 related planning applications.

Wrights Shop

WRENN ID
little-forge-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1984
Type
Shop
Address
Wrights Shop, 40, Market Place, Thirsk, YO7 1LH
OS grid reference
SE 429 820
Coordinates
54.23219, -1.34215
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wright's Shop is a 19th-century house with a shop front located on the south side of Thirsk Market Place. The building is constructed of brick, with some areas rendered, and features an eaves cornice. It has a slate roof that includes dormers and stands three storeys tall with two bays. The shop front is notable for its good design, featuring segmental arched windows supported by slender columns. There is a projecting fascia with a bracket on the left side. Above the shop front, sash windows are vertically linked by rendering.

Local climate

Wrights Shop receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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