Wem High Street - No 79

Year Owner/Occupier Property Useage 1871 Elizabeth Pogmore Confectioner 1881 William Hall Cutler 1890 William Hall Cutler 1901 Owen Rogers Painter & Decorator 1917 Owen Rogers Painter & decorator 1930 R Rogers Painter & decorator 1937 Annie Rogers Painter & Decorator 1953 Private House - 2011 Empty - 2013 Efes Pizza takeaway

This house briefly achieved notoriety in 2010 when it was raided by the police. It had been empty for some time, and, on examination, it was found that a cannabis factory had been started in the upper floors. Prior to that, it had been the workshop for a cutler and later for a firm of painters and decorators.