The Arches is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Arches
- WRENN ID
- fossil-baluster-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Arches, Church Road, Elford, B79 9DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 189 104
- Coordinates
- 52.69127, -1.72118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Arches is a house dating from the 17th century, with some later alterations. It features a timber frame with some brick rebuilding and has a plain tile roof with a central brick stack. The building is aligned north-west to south-east and faces south-west. It has one storey and an attic, with two windows that are 20th-century casements set in 18th-century surrounds, both with segmental heads. There are two gabled dormers, a glazed door to the left, and a half-glazed door to the right, both also with segmental heads. To the right, there is a single-storey, single-bay lean-to extension. The rear and both gable ends display exposed timber framing, with three square panels at the eaves. Inside, there are collar and tie beam roof trusses with V-struts above the collar and three vertical struts below.
Local climate
The Arches receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- 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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