Number 20 and Front Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. House. 1 related planning application.
Number 20 and Front Railings
- WRENN ID
- cold-moulding-grain
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Sutton Coldfield MP: Sir Andrew Mitchell (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Number 20 and Front Railings, High Street, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1UX
- OS grid reference
- SP 121 964
- Coordinates
- 52.5656, -1.82263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 20 is a pair of fine houses dating from circa 1675. They are constructed of red brick with stone dressings, topped by a machine tiled roof with a heavily moulded stone cornice. The houses are two storeys high with attics, featuring a moulded string course, end pilasters with entablatures, and three dormers with wooden pediments. Four sash windows, some retaining original glazing bars, are set within architrave surrounds with keystones. The front door has a fanlight, both within an eared architrave surround and keystone. Early 18th century wrought iron front railings are also present. Number 20’s railings, along with numbers 14 to 24 (even), form a group of special architectural or historic interest.
Local climate
Number 20 and Front Railings receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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