7 and 9, Breadmarket Street is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1952. Public house, office, shops. 3 related planning applications.
7 and 9, Breadmarket Street
- WRENN ID
- muted-rubble-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1952
- Type
- Public house, office, shops
- Address
- 7 and 9, Breadmarket Street, WS13 6LG
- OS grid reference
- SK 117 095
- Coordinates
- 52.6834, -1.82788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
7 and 9 Breadmarket Street is a public house that has been converted into offices and shops. It dates from the early 18th century and has undergone later alterations. The building is made of stucco with a tile roof and features a brick cross-axial stack, showcasing Georgian style. It stands three stories tall and has a five-window range, with two platt bands and a top frieze and cornice.
The central carriageway has paired doors on the altered ground floor, with a late 20th-century shop front to the left and a traditional-style shop front to the right. The right end has an entrance with an overlight above a six-fielded-panel door, and to the left are two windows with sills and 24-pane sashes. The upper floors have windows with sills; the first floor features 12-pane sashes, although the right end has a 4-pane sash. The second floor has 6-pane sashes, but two windows at the end have casements with leaded lights.
Inside, there is an open well staircase with turned balusters, square newels, and a moulded handrail. Historically, this building was known as the Three Crowns public house, where Dr. Johnson stayed during his visits to Lichfield, accompanied by Boswell, who noted that Johnson was 'monarchising with no fewer than three crowns over his royal brow'.
Local climate
7 and 9, Breadmarket Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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