Wisemore House is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1997. House. 1 related planning application.
Wisemore House
- WRENN ID
- final-tracery-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich MP: Valerie Vaz (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1997
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wisemore House, Wisemore Street, WS2 8ED
- OS grid reference
- SP 012 992
- Coordinates
- 52.5907, -1.98317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wisemore House is a house built around 1830, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of stuccoed brick and features a slate hipped roof with deep eaves. The house has two rendered stacks on the left side. The layout consists of a single-depth plan with principal rooms on either side of a central entrance passage, and a single-storey service wing set back on the left side.
The exterior is three storeys high and has a symmetrical three-bay south front. The centre of the first and second floors is blind, while the windows consist of 12-pane sashes with cornices on console brackets on the first floor. The second floor windows are smaller, without cornices, and the lower sash lacks glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are two large canted bay windows with sash windows that have glazing bars and pilastered frames. The central doorway features engaged Tuscan columns, a rectangular overlight with glazing bars, and a panelled door, with the top panels being glazed later. The roofs of the bays extend over the centre to form a porch.
To the left, there is a single-storey wing with a gable-ended roof. The interior of Wisemore House appears to be largely intact, showcasing original joinery, including panelled doors, cupboards, window shutters, and chimneypieces with grates. The ceilings are adorned with moulded plaster cornices, acanthus ceiling roses, and an arch over the hall passage supported by acanthus consoles. The kitchen features panelled walls and a settle.
Wisemore House was the residence of John Brewer, a coal and lime master, timber merchant, and the mayor of Walsall from 1865 to 1897.
Local climate
Wisemore 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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