Number 2 and Front Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. House. 4 related planning applications.

Number 2 and Front Railings

WRENN ID
ruined-kitchen-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Sutton Coldfield MP: Sir Andrew Mitchell (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1949
Type
House
Address
Number 2 and Front Railings, High Street, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1XA
OS grid reference
SP 121 963
Coordinates
52.56509, -1.82192
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 2 is a late 18th-century red brick house of three storeys. It has four flush sash windows with glazing bars, set in broad frames with plain stucco lintels and key blocks. The wooden door surround features enriched consoles, although the cornice has been removed. A parapet tops the building. Original 19th-century spear-headed front railings are present on the right-hand side only. Number 2, together with numbers 4, 6, 1, and 5, forms a group with the properties on Coleshill Street.

Local climate

Number 2 and Front Railings receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 5 transactions since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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