34-50, Lichfield Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Terrace of shops and offices. 16 related planning applications.
34-50, Lichfield Street
- WRENN ID
- last-alcove-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West MP: Warinder Juss (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1992
- Type
- Terrace of shops and offices
- Address
- 34-50, Lichfield Street, City of Wolverhampton
- OS grid reference
- SO 915 987
- Coordinates
- 52.58648, -2.12638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A terrace of six shops and offices, built around 1875, as part of the redevelopment of Lichfield Street. The building is constructed of ashlar with a slate roof and ashlar stacks. It is three storeys tall with an attic, and has a nine-window front. The ground floor currently has inserted shop fronts, mainly from the 20th century, situated between angle pilasters that incorporate anthemion capitals, some of which are missing, and a dentilled cornice. A panelled plinth and an enriched frieze are present on the first floor, and a deep frieze with incised panels sits above the windows, above which is another dentilled cornice.
“The Posada” retains its original front, featuring a small-paned, bowed window and recessed entrances with half-glazed doors, with tile decoration and name panels. Number 44, formerly "H. Blackham," has an early 20th-century front, incorporating a barometer above a recessed glazed door and window. An entrance to the upper floors on the right has a consoled segmental pediment over an overlight. The first-floor windows are architraved tripartite windows with keystones and horned sashes; however, the windows on the first, fifth, and eighth bays are paired. The second-floor windows feature pilasters, enriched friezes, and four-pane horned sashes, although the first, fifth, and eighth windows are tripartite with flanking panels. The attic has hipped dormers with glazed sides, but the first and eighth dormers have pediments with flanking scrolls, with a cornice breaking forward on either side. The fourth and fifth dormers are missing.
The interior of "The Posada" retains original bar fittings, panelling, and seating. Number 44 has a panelled screen with glazing, doors, and a broken pediment, with a tiled passage leading to the stair. The rear of the building is of a utilitarian design.
Local climate
34-50, Lichfield Street receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 16 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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