The Guild House is a Grade II* listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1949. A Medieval House. 3 related planning applications.
The Guild House
- WRENN ID
- lost-attic-dock
- 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
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Guild House, 1715, Warwick Road, B93 0LN
- OS grid reference
- SP 182 767
- Coordinates
- 52.38833, -1.73388
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Guild House is a building located on the High Street in Knowle, Solihull. It dates back to the 15th century, with a front added in 1912 that is designed in the style of the 15th century. The structure features a heavy timber frame with closely spaced vertical studs and an old roof covered with machine-made tiles. The building has casement windows and stands two storeys tall. The eight-sided elevation includes diagonal bracing. The Guild of St Anne, associated with this building, was founded in 1413. The Guild House is part of a group with Nos 1709 to 1715.
Local climate
The Guild 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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