Trocadero and Albert Chambers is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Chambers. 6 related planning applications.
Trocadero and Albert Chambers
- WRENN ID
- vacant-hammer-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Chambers
- Address
- Trocadero and Albert Chambers, Temple Street, B2, B2 5BG
- OS grid reference
- SP 069 868
- Coordinates
- 52.47959, -1.89948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trocadero and Albert Chambers is a mid-19th century building that underwent alterations in the late 19th century. The ground floor features yellow tiles with some green and brown decorative elements, while the upper storeys are finished in stucco. The building stands three storeys tall and is divided into three bays, with the outer two bays projecting forward and adorned with prominently cut quoins on either side.
The ground floor includes plasterwork that supports an entablature featuring a mosaic frieze with the words 'Trocadero', garlands, and 'Albert Chambers', topped by a dentilled cornice. Within this decorative framework is a modern front, which includes an original wide arched entrance on the left, flanked by columns with stained glass windows above, and a subsidiary entrance to the chambers on the right.
The first and second floors each have four windows. The first-floor windows are topped with a moulded cornice, while the second-floor windows feature moulded sills and large blocks above the center two. All window sashes are fitted with glazing bars. The building is capped with a heavily bracketed moulded eaves cornice. Inside, there are only minimal remnants of decoration from around 1900.
Local climate
Trocadero and Albert Chambers 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 — 3 transactions since 2016
- 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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