79, Cambridge Street B1 is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Warehouse.

79, Cambridge Street B1

WRENN ID
fossil-ember-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Warehouse
OS grid reference
SP 059 868
Coordinates
52.47982, -1.91327
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

79 Cambridge Street is a Grade II listed building, dating from around 1820. This canal-side works and warehouse is a two-storey rectangular structure made of red brick, featuring a central yard. It has a hipped slate roof with a moulded bed at the shallow eaves. The building is symmetrical, with two and a half bay wings on either side of a pediment-gabled central section that includes a broad basket handle arched wagon way leading into the yard. The windows are revealed three by three pane sashes with rubber brick flat arches and stone sills. Above the archway, there is a small attic light. The canal side elevation has similar window arrangements and includes two loading bays.

Local climate

79, Cambridge Street B1 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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