Laxford House is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Laxford House
- WRENN ID
- endless-bailey-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Laxford House, 28, Lax Lane, Bewdley, DY12 2DZ
- OS grid reference
- SO 788 751
- Coordinates
- 52.37416, -2.31181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Laxford House is a late 18th-century house in Bewdley. It is constructed of brick with a tile roof and has gable end stacks. The house is two storeys high with an attic space lit by two gabled dormers, and features boxed wooden eaves. There are three windows to the front elevation: two four-pane sash windows, and a window with a cross-pattern design. The window to the left has a plastered architrave. All windows have plastered wedge lintels. The ground floor features three windows, two four-pane sash windows flanking a wooden cross-window, all under plastered wedge lintels. A ledged and boarded door is situated to the left of the centre of the building. The house has undergone alterations in the late 20th century.
Local climate
Laxford 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2003
- 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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