Premises Occupied by Brytek Polishing Company is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. A C19 Industrial building. 5 related planning applications.

Premises Occupied by Brytek Polishing Company

WRENN ID
heavy-pewter-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Industrial building
Address
Premises Occupied by Brytek Polishing Company, 16, 17 and 18, Princip Street B4, B4 6LE
OS grid reference
SP 072 877
Coordinates
52.48804, -1.89507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The premises occupied by Brytek Polishing Company, located at 1 Princip Street, date from around 1840 to 1850. This small canalside works is two storeys high and constructed of red brick with an engineering brick plinth. The building features four bays, a gutter eaves, and a low-pitched slate roof. It has revealed glazing bar sash windows with cambered header arches and stucco sills; the windows consist of 4 x 4 panes, with 3 x 4 panes on the office door. The office door is revealed in two orders with a cambered arch. There is a segmental arched yard entrance in the second bay from the left. This modest but unaltered works elevation is characteristic of early to mid-19th century design and is now a rarity in what remains of the gun quarter. The rear facade includes a loading bay that faces the canal.

Local climate

Premises Occupied by Brytek Polishing Company 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 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
  • 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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