79-83, Colmore Row B3 is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1970. Commercial building. 14 related planning applications.
79-83, Colmore Row B3
- WRENN ID
- tenth-tin-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1970
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 79-83, Colmore Row B3, B3 2BA
- OS grid reference
- SP 068 870
- Coordinates
- 52.48121, -1.90053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
79 to 83 Colmore Row is a late 19th-century stone building located in the City Centre of Birmingham. It stands three storeys tall and features five bays, with the inner three bays slightly advanced. The ground floor has an arched side entrance accessed by steps, topped by a segmental hood supported by headless birds as brackets, alongside a large arched window set within a vermiculated surround. The principal entrance is also arched and leads into a porch with coupled Corinthian columns and a balcony, followed by another large window and a side entrance.
On the first floor, there are three centrally located windows with balconies, flanked by unfluted Corinthian columns that support heavily ornate segmental pediments adorned with urns. The outer windows are framed in moulded surrounds and feature a detached segmental pediment. The second floor showcases an arcade of seven small arched windows, embellished with intricate sculpture in the spandrels and aprons, depicting Lorenzo Ghiberti on the left and Benvenuto Cellini on the right. Above this, a richly decorated cornice with brackets and an attic balustrade completes the design.
Local climate
79-83, Colmore Row 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 14 applications
- 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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