66, Load Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1950. House, shop. 1 related planning application.

66, Load Street

WRENN ID
old-corner-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre Forest
Constituency
Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1950
Type
House, shop
Address
66, Load Street, Bewdley, DY12 2AW
OS grid reference
SO 786 753
Coordinates
52.37588, -2.31532
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 66 Load Street is a house that has been converted into a shop. It likely dates from the mid-18th century and was remodeled in the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the mid-20th century. The building is constructed of rendered brick and features a tiled roof with a central stack. It has three storeys, with a brick-coped verge on the left side and a moulded stone cornice at the parapet. A central lead drainpipe is accompanied by a rectangular rainwater head.

The upper floors have two windows, which are tri-partite glazed sashes set within moulded plaster architraves. The ground floor shop front includes two plate glass windows with overlights that contain decorative cast iron ventilators, flanked by engaged Doric columns supporting a moulded cornice. The entrance is slightly recessed and features a moulded wooden architrave with a half-glazed door. Additionally, there is an entrance to a passage on the left-hand corner, which has a wooden architrave and a door made of six flush panels, with the upper two panels featuring decorative cast iron grilles.

Local climate

66, 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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