Avenue House is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. House. 5 related planning applications.
Avenue House
- WRENN ID
- outer-pavement-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Avenue House, Elford, B79 9DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 186 106
- Coordinates
- 52.69307, -1.72506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Avenue House is a late 18th century house located in Elford. Originally L-shaped, the house comprises a main east-west range facing south and a north-south rear service wing, with later extensions to the rear. Constructed of red brick with a plain tile roof featuring raised verges, it has brick integral end stacks. The house is three storeys high, with reduced proportions to the second floor height. The front elevation features three windows with casements and segmental heads, and a central part-glazed door with a rectangular overlight.
Inside, a full-height dog-leg staircase is centrally located, featuring turned balusters. The west-facing dining room has a former wall cupboard, now an alcove, with a segmental head and a raised and fluted key. Several 18th century panelled doors are present, along with two fireplaces on the second floor, each with corbelled mantelpieces and cast iron grates. The kitchen in the rear wing includes a large open fireplace and stopped ceiling beams with run-out stops.
Local climate
Avenue House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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