Mary Spooner House is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.

Mary Spooner House

WRENN ID
wild-pewter-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1974
Type
House
Address
Mary Spooner House, 172, Birmingham Road, B70 6QG
OS grid reference
SP 014 904
Coordinates
52.51159, -1.98015
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mary Spooner House is a house dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of stuccoed brick and features a slate roof. The building has a symmetrical design with two storeys and three bays. The ground floor showcases channelled rustication, while the outer bays on the first floor are accented by paired pilasters and topped with pediments. The ground floor windows are 20th-century with glazing bars and segmental heads. The first floor windows are sashed with glazing bars and include architraves, with the central window featuring a round head. The doorcase is adorned with pilasters that support a lintel decorated with three wreaths and topped with a cornice.

Local climate

Mary Spooner House receives an average of 790 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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