Kirby House and forecourt railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1955. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.
Kirby House and forecourt railings
- WRENN ID
- solitary-render-violet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1955
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Kirby House and forecourt railings, 16, Little Park Street, CV1 2JZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 335 787
- Coordinates
- 52.40616, -1.50882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirby House, located at No 16 Little Park Street, is a red brick house dating from around 1700. The ground floor is stuccoed, and the building features a hipped old tiled roof that is set behind a parapet, topped with a stone dentilled cornice. It stands three storeys tall and has five flush windows with broad frames, each under flat arches that include keyblocks. The central window has an architrave surround adorned with foliated volutes.
The façade is enhanced by four tall Composite pilasters that are topped with oval paterae featuring a shell pattern. The central doorway is notable for its fanlight and is framed by attached Ionic columns, which support a segmental dentilled pediment. Additionally, there are early 19th-century forecourt railings that complement the house.
Local climate
Kirby House and forecourt railings receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Radon risk assessment
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