The Homestead 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.

The Homestead

WRENN ID
silver-banister-primrose
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
The Homestead, 97, Station Road, Balsall, CV7 7FN
OS grid reference
SP 234 769
Coordinates
52.39032, -1.65711
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Homestead is a 17th-century building that has been considerably restored. It features a timber frame with red brick nogging and an old tiled roof. The structure includes a gabled two-storey wing on the left side and a one-storey section with attics on the right, which has three gabled dormers. The windows are modern lattice casements.

Local climate

The Homestead 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
  • 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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