Brooklyn is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1976. House. 5 related planning applications.
Brooklyn
- WRENN ID
- under-storey-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Brooklyn, Birmingham Road, Meriden, CV7 7NH
- OS grid reference
- SP 243 820
- Coordinates
- 52.43565, -1.64361
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century building, likely a hotel originally known as the Bull's Head, situated at the corner of Birmingham Road and Gloves Close. It forms a group with nearby buildings including The Nags Head, The Coach House, Brooklyn, and Waterfall Cottage. The building is constructed of red brick with a Welsh slate roof and a corbelled brick cornice. It is two storeys high, with a symmetrical façade featuring three flush windows on each floor, each with glazing bars set under flat arches. A central, round-arched doorway is set into the front, containing a six-panelled door and a fanlight with radiating glazing bars.
Local climate
Brooklyn receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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