The Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1950. A Georgian Town hall. 1 related planning application.
The Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- fallen-cupola-claret
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1950
- Type
- Town hall
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Town Hall, Load Street, Bewdley, DY12 2AE
- OS grid reference
- SO 786 753
- Coordinates
- 52.37561, -2.31515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall is a building located on Load Street in Bewdley, constructed in 1808, likely designed by John Simpson of Shrewsbury, and restored in 1866 by Henry Rowe of Worcester. It is built of ashlar stone and features a slate roof with a gable end stack. The building has two storeys and is topped with a parapet that has a moulded cornice. A central pediment displays a coat of arms above the central bay, which slightly projects forward and is flanked by two pairs of Doric pilasters. The outer corners of the building also feature single Doric pilasters.
There are three windows on the front, which are 15-pane sashes. The ground level is rusticated and includes three arches leading to an open area; the central arch is larger and has a segmental head, while the two flanking arches also have segmental heads. All arches are filled with wrought iron gates, with the grill over the central gate displaying the arms of Bewdley. Behind the open area, there is a wall with three openings featuring similar arches; the left opening is blocked, while the other two have half-glazed doors.
Inside, the upper room serves as a magistrates' court and includes an early 19th-century flush panelled bench across one end.
Local climate
The Town Hall 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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