Handsworth Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. Lodge.

Handsworth Lodge

WRENN ID
fallow-tracery-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1971
Type
Lodge
Address
Handsworth Lodge, Queslett Road
OS grid reference
SP 052 942
Coordinates
52.54628, -1.9246
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Handsworth Lodge is a house built in the late 18th century, constructed from stuccoed brick and topped with a slate roof in the Gothick style. It is a single-storey building. The main part of the south facade features two bays, which are supported by clasping buttresses and a central pilaster strip. Below the parapet, there is a moulded band with coping. The windows are adorned with architraves that include impost blocks and ogee tops, each ending in poppy heads. The gables are finished with coped edges and finials.

To the right of the main facade is a lower bay that has a parapet and a window surround similar to those on the main part. Adjacent to this is a possible addition that includes a gable and two more window surrounds. The west gable wall faces the driveway and features clasping buttresses with blind tracery decoration. It also has a crocketted ogee arch with a poppy head and blind tracery that encloses three smaller arches. The outer two arches are windows similar to those on the south facade, while the middle arch contains a doorway that is topped with a shield of arms and a helmet. This building was formerly a lodge to Great Barr Hall in Walsall.

Local climate

Handsworth Lodge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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