Flats the Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1980. House. 2 related planning applications.

Flats the Limes

WRENN ID
bitter-lime-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre Forest
Constituency
Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1980
Type
House
Address
Flats the Limes, The Grove, 8, Blakebrook, Kidderminster, DY11 6AP
OS grid reference
SO 820 766
Coordinates
52.38757, -2.2647
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Limes is a building from the early to mid-19th century located on the west side of Blakebrook. It is two storeys tall and features rough rendering with a hipped slate roof. The building has four windows of irregular size on the upper floor and three on the ground floor, all topped with stepped rusticated lintels that include keystones. There is a porch supported by narrow columns, which has a modern door. Additionally, a window on the gable end is flanked by four plain pilasters. This building is included in the listing for its group value.

Local climate

Flats the Limes receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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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