Chester House is a Grade II* listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1949. House.
Chester House
- WRENN ID
- watchful-jamb-poplar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chester House, 1667 and 1669, Warwick Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 181 768
- Coordinates
- 52.38943, -1.73502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chester House is a carefully restored timber-framed house located on the north-east side of Warwick Road in Knowle, Solihull. The building consists of three parts: the north wing, which was originally a separate hall house built around 1500; the south wing, another separate house of two storeys built around 1400; and a central hall that belonged to the south house, which was rebuilt around 1600 when both houses were combined into a single dwelling. The house features a tiled roof with gables at either end and stands two storeys high, with the first floor oversailing and supported by a central moulded beam. It has three and four light casement windows with wooden mullions. The chimneystack, rebuilt around 1600, is made of stone below and red brick above, with four diagonally set shafts. The property also includes extensive back wings.
Local climate
Chester House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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