Number 7 (In Grounds of Dudley Zoo to Right of Main Entrance) is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1976. Lodge. 8 related planning applications.

Number 7 (In Grounds of Dudley Zoo to Right of Main Entrance)

WRENN ID
dreaming-sill-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dudley
Constituency
Dudley MP: Sonia Kumar (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 April 1976
Type
Lodge
Address
Number 7 (In Grounds of Dudley Zoo to Right of Main Entrance), Castle Hill
OS grid reference
SO 948 906
Coordinates
52.51335, -2.07731
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 7, located in the grounds of Dudley Zoo to the right of the main entrance, is an early 19th-century small octagonal former lodge. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone with rubble quoins at the corners and stands two storeys tall. The lodge features small casement windows with restored pointed lights and a plain doorway topped with a cornice hood supported by brackets. The roof is octahedral and covered with slate. There is a rectangular bay and some modern additions on the east side.

Local climate

Number 7 (In Grounds of Dudley Zoo to Right of Main Entrance) receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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