Elgar's Birthplace and adjoining coach house and stables is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Elgar's Birthplace and adjoining coach house and stables
- WRENN ID
- proud-rafter-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Elgar's Birthplace and adjoining coach house and stables, WR2 6RH
- OS grid reference
- SO 807 556
- Coordinates
- 52.19868, -2.28256
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elgar's Birthplace, along with the adjoining coach house and stables, is a house built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick with parallel roof ridges, featuring a slate roof at the front and a tiled roof at the rear, along with brick end stacks. The building has two storeys and includes a dentilled eaves cornice and a two-celled plan.
The front elevation has four sixteen-pane sash windows, with the ground floor windows having cambered heads. The central entrance features a gabled porch supported by timber uprights, decorated bargeboards, and a central pendant. The entrance door is panelled and also has a cambered head.
The coach house and stables were built by Sir Edward Elgar's father and uncle, W H Elgar and Henry Elgar, and are located to the left of the house. This building served as the birthplace and home of Sir Edward Elgar from 1857 to 1859.
Local climate
Elgar's Birthplace and adjoining coach house and stables receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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