The Ruby is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1949. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Ruby
- WRENN ID
- sombre-frieze-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Ruby, Wells Road, Malvern Wells, WR14 4PG
- OS grid reference
- SO 772 429
- Coordinates
- 52.08463, -2.33324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ruby is a late 18th-century house located on Wells Road. It is a three-storey building rendered in stucco, featuring a dentil eaves cornice and a tile roof. The building has two windows on the front elevation, with the upper windows breaking the eaves. A three-light, two-storey semi-circular bow window projects to the right. The windows are hung sashes with glazing bars. A projecting, square-headed porch with a chamfered door opening is also present. According to local tradition, the house was built by a descendant of Admiral Bembow.
Local climate
The Ruby receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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