Bentley House is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. House.
Bentley House
- WRENN ID
- strange-cloister-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East MP: Pat McFadden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bentley House, 179, Wolverhampton Road
- OS grid reference
- SO 985 985
- Coordinates
- 52.58498, -2.02352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bentley House is a house dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond and features a tile roof. The building is two storeys high and has four bays. Between the third and fourth bays, there are narrow 20th-century windows with glazing bars and concrete heads. The windows are sashed with glazing bars and have stone sills. The ground floor windows are adorned with lintels that have two panels and a central patera, along with cornices supported by consoles. The door, located in the second bay, consists of six flush panels with reeded borders. Its doorcase includes panelled reveals, a fanlight, engaged Tuscan columns topped with triglyphs, and an open pediment. The eaves cornice is made of stucco and features a blocking course. There are chimneys situated on the gables and between the third and fourth bays. Inside, the staircase has stick balusters and a turned newel.
Local climate
Bentley House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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