Abbotsford House is a Grade II* listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1949. House. 2 related planning applications.
Abbotsford House
- WRENN ID
- riven-corridor-jay
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Abbotsford House, 2, New Street, Kenilworth, CV8 2EZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 286 725
- Coordinates
- 52.35004, -1.58059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbotsford House, located at No 1 and No 2 New Street, is a late 18th-century building characterized by its red brick construction and stone dressings. The structure stands three storeys tall and features two-storey angular bays with three lights on each side. The side windows are adorned with keyblocks and lintels, while the central windows are arched. There is one intermediate window framed in a moulded architrave, and the upper side windows have semi-circular heads. The entrance is highlighted by a stone doorcase with an open pediment supported by Tuscan columns. The building has quoins at all angles, decorative bands, and dentilled stone modillion eaves with pediments on either side, topped with old tiles.
Local climate
Abbotsford House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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 — 2 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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