Rhodes Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.
Rhodes Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- seventh-cobalt-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr MP: Ayoub Khan (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Rhodes Almshouses, 80-86, Soho Road B21, B21 9LN
- OS grid reference
- SP 049 893
- Coordinates
- 52.50217, -1.92782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rhodes Almshouses, built in the mid-19th century, are located on Soho Road in Handsworth. This building is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a patterned slate roof. It is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with the outer bays advanced and topped with broad shaped gables. The inner bay has pairs of small ogee gables that are separated by the doors. The design is in a Jacobean style. The doors are pointed and have moulded frames at the heads. Most windows are 2-light casements, except for the ground floor canted bay windows in the outer bays. Additionally, there are panels featuring shields with initials.
Local climate
Rhodes Almshouses 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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