The Britannia Building Society is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1970. Bank.

The Britannia Building Society

WRENN ID
kindled-passage-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1970
Type
Bank
Address
The Britannia Building Society, 7, Bennett's Hill B2
OS grid reference
SP 068 869
Coordinates
52.48034, -1.9007
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Britannia Building Society, located at 7 Bennett's Hill and including No 37A Waterloo Street, is a mid to late 19th-century stone building. It stands two and a half storeys tall with a basement and features three bays on the ground and first floors, which are accentuated by pilasters with banded rustication. The entrance is situated on the corner of the building. Each of the ground and first floors has a blank bay and two arched windows with moulded surrounds, while the second floor includes a blank bay, a single window, and a couplet of windows, all framed by moulded eared surrounds and positioned between coupled pilasters. There are cornice bands at both the first and second floor levels, with the second floor cornice being bracketted. The moulded eaves cornice has intermittent brackets, and the building is topped with a balustraded parapet. The main entrance, accessed by steps, features a shell hood and is set within a pedimented doorcase. Above the entrance is an arched and pedimented window. The return on Waterloo Street is similarly designed and includes the entrance to No 37A Waterloo Street.

Local climate

The Britannia Building Society 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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