68, Load Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1970. House. 7 related planning applications.
68, Load Street
- WRENN ID
- peeling-lime-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- 68, Load Street, Bewdley, DY12 2AW
- OS grid reference
- SO 786 753
- Coordinates
- 52.37603, -2.31514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 68 Load Street is a house that has been converted into a shop and flat. It dates from the mid-18th century, with some alterations made in the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. The building is constructed of brick and features a machine tile roof with a stack at the rear. It stands three storeys tall, with a brick coped verge on the right and a stone coped parapet. There are bands at the first and second floors. The building has two windows on the upper floors, which are boxed sashes with tripartite glazing set under rubbed brick heads. The second floor windows match those on the first floor. On the ground floor, there is a pilastered shop front with scroll brackets supporting the cornices. This front includes two plate glass shop windows, each with three-pane overlights, and a central entrance that is recessed, featuring a blind overlight and a glazed door.
Local climate
68, Load Street 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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