Wem High Street - No 69

Year Owner/Occupier Property Useage 1850 Michael Welch Draper & Boot Dealer 1880 John Williams Solicitor 1890 The Plough Inn 1901 Mary Welch Draper 1911 Mr Hope - 1927 George Hope Hosier 1930 Miss Hope Hosier 1940 Miss Hope Hosier & Knitwear 1953 - - 1993 Wem Glass - 1995 - - 2011 Tern Consultancy office -

This was a shop with very mixed useage. it was briefly a pub in the early 18th century. It was then a drapers/hosiers shop for the main part of the 20th century before becoming an office. It was built in the early/mid 19th century of red brick (typical of Wem) and a Welsh slate roof. The shop front is Victorian.In 1934, it was described as 'The Art Needlework Repository, knitwear specialists;wools,silks and fancy goods'