Offices of Kenrick and Jefferson Limited is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Offices.
Offices of Kenrick and Jefferson Limited
- WRENN ID
- winding-obsidian-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Offices
- Address
- Offices of Kenrick and Jefferson Limited, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 003 913
- Coordinates
- 52.5198, -1.99579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Offices of Kenrick and Jefferson Limited, built in 1883, are located on the north-east side of High Street in West Bromwich. This building features red brick and red terra cotta with a hipped tile roof. It is a symmetrical two-storey structure with an attic, characterized by upper and lower cornices and a balustrade adorned with urns.
At each end of the facade, there are quoin strips on the ground floor and paired pilasters above. The center of the facade is highlighted by an oriel window above the doorway and an elaborate attic dormer with a broken pediment. The lower part of the oriel is inscribed with the year "1883". Each side of the facade has a pronounced center featuring triple windows, where the outer ones are narrower, and a pedimented attic dormer, along with two windows on each side. These windows are framed with architraves and have broken pediments decorated with terra cotta on the ground floor. The building was originally constructed as the printing and publishing offices of the Free Press Company and is illustrated in the Victoria County History.
Local climate
Offices of Kenrick and Jefferson Limited 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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