17-20, Vicar Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1980. Commercial building. 9 related planning applications.

17-20, Vicar Street

WRENN ID
rooted-lantern-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre Forest
Constituency
Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1980
Type
Commercial building
Address
17-20, Vicar Street, Kidderminster, DY10 1DA
OS grid reference
SO 831 766
Coordinates
52.38737, -2.24916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 17 to 20 on Vicar Street is a mid-19th century commercial building. It stands four storeys tall, constructed of red brick with blue and white decorative elements, and features modern shop fronts. The building has a dentil and arcaded eaves cornice in red, white, and blue. The window arrangement consists of five sets of four windows, each with two round-headed lights made of stone and a circular light above. The window heads are made of white and red brick, with a blue and white band at impost height. Below the sills, there are white crosses set in blue. Blue motifs are placed between the lower windows. The second and third floor windows have white projecting bands at their heads, above blue and white detailing, with the windows connected by bands at impost height. Red dentil cornices are present at the sills, along with blue and white bands featuring various patterns. The first and second floor windows have plain modern glazing.

Local climate

17-20, Vicar Street receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 9 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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