93, BENSON ROAD, Birmingham B18 is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Caretaker's house. 5 related planning applications.
93, BENSON ROAD, Birmingham B18
- WRENN ID
- frozen-tower-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Caretaker's house
- Address
- 93, BENSON ROAD, Birmingham B18, B18 5TD
- OS grid reference
- SP 048 888
- Coordinates
- 52.49779, -1.93045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a school caretaker's house built in 1888, designed by HR Yeoville Thomason and Cooper Whitwell in a Tudor style. The building is constructed of red brick in English bond, with yellow and terracotta dressings and a plain tile roof. It has three storeys and is located at the eastern corner of the school site, facing Benson Road. The front of the building features two-light casement windows on the ground and first floors, and a single-light window in the gabled top floor, all surrounded by terracotta with cusping at the heads of the lights. The east side of the building is blank, while the west side has a two-light mullioned window on the ground floor and random window placements on the recessed rear wing to the left.
Local climate
93, BENSON ROAD, Birmingham B18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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