Cornwall Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Commercial. 22 related planning applications.

Cornwall Buildings

WRENN ID
outer-hall-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Commercial
Address
Cornwall Buildings, 43-51, Newhall Street B3, B3 3QR
OS grid reference
SP 067 871
Coordinates
52.48206, -1.90277
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cornwall Buildings, located at 43 to 51 Newhall Street in the City Centre, is a late 19th-century structure made of brick and terracotta, topped with a slate roof. The building stands four storeys high and features four bays, with the outer two bays projecting forward and adorned with shaped gables. The inner two bays are taller and include a canted bay window that extends through the first and second floors, topped with Dutch gables. At the corner of the building, there is a polygonal turret topped with a small dome. The windows are sash style, with glazing bars present only in the upper sashes, except for the third floor where the treatment varies. The windows are framed with terracotta surrounds, and there is a flat-topped dormer window in the roof between the gables.

Local climate

Cornwall Buildings 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 22 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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