Beam House the Old Ivy House is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1977. Houses. 1 related planning application.
Beam House the Old Ivy House
- WRENN ID
- shifting-attic-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West MP: Warinder Juss (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1977
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- Beam House the Old Ivy House, 88, Lower Street, City of Wolverhampton, WV6 9LW
- OS grid reference
- SJ 892 003
- Coordinates
- 52.60113, -2.15972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, built in the late 18th century with an early 19th century rear wing. The houses are constructed of brick with a tile roof. They are three storeys high and have a symmetrical facade of four windows. The brickwork features plinth bands and a dentilled brick cornice, with brick pilaster strips at the ends. The gables are coped. Ground floor windows have rubbed brick flat arches and keystones; the ground floor features two 16-pane sashes and two small-paned casements. The first floor has two 16-pane sashes and two 12-pane top-hung casements. The second floor has casements and one 8-pane sash. Two chimney stacks are positioned centrally. The left return has a two-storey wing with a round-headed entrance featuring a Tuscan aedicule, and a fanlight above a two-fielded panel door. The right return has a large porch, with an entrance featuring paired three-panel doors and flanking sashes. The rear wing has a dentilled cornice, coped gables, and end stacks. It includes a segmental-headed first-floor window with a casement and a six-pane sash, and a six-pane sash to the second floor; further rear windows are also segmental-headed. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Beam House the Old Ivy House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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