Bailiff's House is a Grade II* listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1950. House. 4 related planning applications.
Bailiff's House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bailiff's House, 68 and 69, High Street, Bewdley, DY12 2DJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 785 752
- Coordinates
- 52.37491, -2.3159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bailiff's House is a house built between 1607 and 1610, with mid-19th century and some late 20th century alterations. It features a timber frame with plastered infill on a stuccoed brick ground floor and has a tiled roof with stacks at the rear. The building has two storeys and an attic, which is illuminated by three gabled dormers. The first floor and attic are jettied, supported by a moulded bressummer on consoles.
On the first floor, there are three windows: square oriels with four lights, ovolo mullions, transoms, and side lights, with sills supported on two consoles. The timber-framed dormers contain 3-light 19th century casements. The ground floor has three windows, including two 4-light casements and a 3-light casement to the right. There are two entrances; the left entrance, approached by four concrete steps, features an overlight and a 20th century ledged and boarded door. The right entrance has a similar door with a segmental head that bears the inscription "T 1610 B".
The framing includes close-studding on the first floor, while the attic has one square panel high with four decorative quadrant braces in each panel, similar to those in the gable of each dormer. Although the ground floor has been largely rebuilt, it retains three consoles that support the jetty.
Local climate
Bailiff's House 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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