10, 10a and 10b, Dam Street is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1970. House.
10, 10a and 10b, Dam Street
- WRENN ID
- riven-flagstone-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1970
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SK 117 096
- Coordinates
- 52.68437, -1.82791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
10, 10A and 10B Dam Street are two houses that have been converted into shops. They were built in the late 18th century and are constructed of brick with a tile roof and a brick stack. The buildings are two storeys high and have a two-window range. A prominent feature is the top modillioned brick cornice.
At each end, there are segmental-headed entrances with half-glazed doors. The ground floor has large and small segmental-headed windows with brick sills, featuring small-paned casements that include opening panes. The first-floor windows also have brick sills and small-paned casements, but with iron opening casements. A stack is located at the front of the ridge.
The right side of the building, facing Quonians Lane, has been rebuilt later and includes two segmental-headed windows. A plaque on the front notes that this building was Ann Oliver's dame school, where Dr. Samuel Johnson is said to have received his first schooling, although this claim is disputed.
Local climate
10, 10a and 10b, Dam 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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