Quicksilver Amusements and Left Hand Part of M Kirk's Butcher's Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Commercial building.

Quicksilver Amusements and Left Hand Part of M Kirk's Butcher's Shop

WRENN ID
gaunt-entrance-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton West MP: Warinder Juss (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1992
Type
Commercial building
Address
Quicksilver Amusements and Left Hand Part of M Kirk's Butcher's Shop, Woolpack Alley, City of Wolverhampton
OS grid reference
SO 914 986
Coordinates
52.58541, -2.12771
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Quicksilver Amusements and the left-hand part of M. Kirk's Butcher's Shop is a building located on Woolpack Alley in Wolverhampton. It dates from the early 18th century and was originally a house, now serving as shops and an office. The exterior is finished in stucco with a tiled roof and has two storeys, featuring a five-window range, along with a later three-storey bay to the left.

The building has a cornice above the ground floor and a top entablature with a deep frieze and quoins. The first bay projects forward beneath the cornice, and there is a coped gable at the left end. The ground floor has a 20th-century shop front with an entrance to the left. The sixth bay features a wide window with a frieze and a consoled cornice, along with a 19th-century shop front that has an inserted 20th-century casement.

On the first floor, there is a 16-pane sash window with horns in the first bay, and an attic casement window that cuts through the cornice. The other windows have fielded-panelled keystones, with the second to fourth bays featuring 12-pane sashes. The fifth bay window is blocked, while the sixth bay window has been enlarged and fitted with a casement. The rear of the building has undergone later alterations and additions. The interior may contain features of interest, but these were not visible at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Quicksilver Amusements and Left Hand Part of M Kirk's Butcher's Shop 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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