The Anchorage is a Grade II* listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Anchorage
- WRENN ID
- western-remnant-stoat
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr MP: Ayoub Khan (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Anchorage, 137, Handsworth Wood Road B20, B20 2PJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 048 911
- Coordinates
- 52.51851, -1.92977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Anchorage is a large house built in 1899 in the Arts and Crafts style by Joseph Crouch and Edmund Butler. It is located on Handsworth Wood Road, Birmingham. The design is carefully asymmetrical, with the left side of the facade constructed of brick with stone dressings, and the right side a combination of brick, stone dressings, and applied timber framing. The tiled roof is punctuated by brick chimney stacks and a cupola, positioned asymmetrically between a brick gabled bay and a lower, half-timbered gabled bay which incorporates a perch. The windows have leaded lights, with some featuring stained glass by Mary Newill. She also created the embroidery inset over the fireplace in the ground floor Music Room. Door furniture, light fittings, copper firehoods in the hall, sitting room, and music room, and other metalwork were crafted by Benjamin Creswick, or a member of the Bromsgrove Guild. Murals by Fred Davis, depicting hunts and feasts, and the entire minstrels gallery in the hall were unfortunately destroyed in a fire circa 1977.
Local climate
The Anchorage 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 — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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