42a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. House.

42a, High Street

WRENN ID
strange-jamb-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre Forest
Constituency
Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1986
Type
House
Address
42a, High Street, Bewdley
OS grid reference
SO 787 750
Coordinates
52.37343, -2.31362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 42A on High Street is a house dating from the mid-18th century, with some alterations from the mid-19th century and late 20th century. The building is constructed of brick and has a tile roof. It stands two storeys high and features a dentilled brick cornice. The left section is slightly recessed and has one plus two windows: the left window is a 20th-century timber cross-window with a concrete lintel, while the two windows on the right are 18th-century timber cross-windows with cambered heads and rectangular leaded lights. On the ground floor, there are two timber cross-windows, and to the left side, there is an entrance to a passage with a semi-circular head, stone impost blocks, and a door with six flush panels. This building is attached to no 42 on the left and faces into Park Alley.

Local climate

42a, 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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