2, SOMERSET ROAD B20 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.
2, SOMERSET ROAD B20 (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- muted-nave-heron
- 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
- 2, SOMERSET ROAD B20 (See details for further address information), B20 2PJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 048 911
- Coordinates
- 52.51821, -1.92926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 133 Handsworth Wood Road, which includes No 2 Somerset Road, is a building from 1905 designed by Joseph Crouch and Edmund Butler in an Arts and Crafts style. It is situated on the corner, featuring a polygonal turret that is flanked by single gabled bays. The building has a brick plinth and is pebbledashed with stone dressings, topped with a tiled roof that has bracketed eaves and brick chimney stacks. It stands two storeys plus an attic.
The ground floor features a five-light window beneath a tiled lean-to with a bracketed eaves cornice, and the door is accompanied by a three-light mullioned window to its left. On the first floor, there is a Venetian type window and a three-light window in the gable. All windows have leaded lights, with some containing stained glass. The turret is adorned with cross windows that have blank tympana and blocking stones. On the return side, the entrance to No 2 Somerset Road is framed by a stone surround that includes a window on either side of the door, a canted bay window, and one-, two-, and three-light windows.
Local climate
2, SOMERSET ROAD B20 (See details for further address information) 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 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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