6 and 8, Edward Street B1 is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. A C19 House. 4 related planning applications.
6 and 8, Edward Street B1
- WRENN ID
- eastward-flue-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- 6 and 8, Edward Street B1, B1 2RX
- OS grid reference
- SP 059 870
- Coordinates
- 52.48119, -1.9135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 6 and 8 Edward Street is an early to mid-19th century building constructed of brick with a slate roof. It stands three storeys tall and features five bays. The ground floor has two sash windows with cornices and elongated brackets, with the left window being wider than the right. There is also a broad segment-headed archway leading to the workshops behind, an arched doorway, and a segment-headed window that includes thin wooden mullions and transoms. The first floor contains five windows, each with cornices supported by elongated brackets. The second floor also has five windows, which are set beneath lintels within the eaves frieze. The arrangement of the first and second floor windows follows a pattern of wide, narrow, wide, narrow, and wide, with all sash windows featuring marginal glazing bars and bold sills.
Local climate
6 and 8, Edward Street B1 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 — 4 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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