42a, St Paul's Square B3 is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Works.
42a, St Paul's Square B3
- WRENN ID
- still-gargoyle-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Works
- OS grid reference
- SP 064 874
- Coordinates
- 52.48486, -1.90713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 42A is a tall four-storey building located on the corner of St Paul's Square and Brook Street, dating from around 1880. It is constructed of bright red brick, featuring engineering brick and stucco dressings. The building has narrow window bays, with six to a square, which are articulated through the upper storeys by thin brick pilasters that have roll-moulded edges and foliate stucco capitals flanking the top floor window heads. A brick dentil cornice and a painted parapet complete the top of the building. On the longer side facing Brook Street, the pilasters are spaced wider apart, dividing the window bays into pairs. The ground floor features engineering brick arches with stucco keys and segmental stucco strings above, which are continuously linked on the ground floor and paired on the first and second floors of the return. A modern "Georgian" doorway has been inserted facing the square. This building occupies an important corner site.
Local climate
42a, St Paul's Square B3 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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