Erdington Cottage Homes is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Cottage homes. 1 related planning application.
Erdington Cottage Homes
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-postern-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington MP: Paulette Hamilton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Cottage homes
- Address
- Erdington Cottage Homes, 2a, the Gardens B23, B23 6AG
- OS grid reference
- SP 102 913
- Coordinates
- 52.51979, -1.85075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Erdington Cottage Homes, built in 1898, is part of a model housing scheme located on the west side of Fentham Road in Erdington. This group includes Nos 2 to 20 (even) and No 2A, which are identical to Nos 1 to 15 and consist of detached and semi-detached 'cottage' units set behind lawns. Notably, No 10, which was originally a pair of cottages, features larger canted bay windows and wooden baluster column porches. No 2A was constructed as the warden's house.
Local climate
Erdington Cottage Homes 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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