42, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1970. House. 1 related planning application.

42, High Street

WRENN ID
dusk-timber-curlew
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
42, High Street, Bewdley, DY12 2DJ
OS grid reference
SO 787 750
Coordinates
52.37342, -2.31353
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 42 High Street is a house dating from the late 18th century, with some alterations from the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped tile roof with stacks along the ridge. The main front of the house faces north-west and is positioned at right angles to the street.

The main front has two storeys above a cellar, with a dentilled brick cornice. There are four windows, all of which are glazing bar sashes set beneath cambered heads with stone sills. On the ground floor, there are three glazing bar sash windows under segmental heads. The entrance, located to the right of centre where a window would typically be, is approached by two steps and features a plastered doorcase with a semi-circular canopy supported by simple brackets, a fanlight, and a six flush panel door.

The street front also has two storeys above a cellar. On the first floor, there are two wooden cross windows under segmental heads. The ground floor has two windows: a wooden cross window on the left and a large two-light casement window on the right. In the basement, there is a two-light stone mullioned window on the left.

Local climate

42, High 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction 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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