Tunnel Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. House. 3 related planning applications.

Tunnel Cottages

WRENN ID
turning-basalt-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Northfield MP: Laurence Turner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
House
Address
Tunnel Cottages, 1 and 2, Masshouse Lane, Kings Norton B38, B38 9BD
OS grid reference
SP 047 779
Coordinates
52.39972, -1.93127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tunnel Cottages at Nos 1 and 2 Masshouse Lane, Kings Norton, date from the late 18th century and are situated near the entrance to Wasthill Tunnel on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The cottages are built of painted brick with a tiled roof. They are two storeys high and consist of six bays, with the bays of No 1 being wider than those of No 2. A dentilled eaves cornice runs along the top of the building. The windows of No 1 are mostly modern, with the exception of one segment-headed casement window on the ground floor. In contrast, the windows of No 2 are more irregular and feature larger segment-headed windows. A good 19th-century studded door and knocker are present.

Local climate

Tunnel Cottages receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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