Victoria Carpet Company [L-Shaped Front Block)] is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1999. Factory. 1 related planning application.

Victoria Carpet Company [L-Shaped Front Block)]

WRENN ID
second-hinge-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre Forest
Constituency
Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 July 1999
Type
Factory
Address
Victoria Carpet Company [L-Shaped Front Block)], Green Street, Kidderminster
OS grid reference
SO 832 760
Coordinates
52.38245, -2.24774
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Victoria Carpet Company is a carpet factory built in 1869 by T.D. Baker for William Green. It features blue brick with white Stourbridge brick dressings and a slate hipped roof. The building has an L-shaped front block that originally housed offices, showrooms, a winding room, and warehousing, with a wing extending to the rear northeast. The weaving sheds behind are not included in this listing.

Architecturally, the factory is designed in a classical style and stands three storeys tall. The northwest front is symmetrical, with a layout of 2:2:2:3:2:2:2 bays, where the wider central bay is topped with a pediment. The bays are separated by rusticated white brick pilasters and feature an enriched white brick cornice and stringcourses at each floor level, along with a moulded brick plinth. Each bay contains a pair of round-headed windows with white brick arches and imposts, fitted with multi-pane cast-iron window frames. The central opening on each floor of the central bay is a doorway, and above it, in the pediment, there is an oculus. To the left, a carriageway features a rolled steel joist, likely replacing an original arch.

Inside, the staircase has been removed, and the floors are supported by Phillips's patent wrought-iron girders. William Green, originally a coal merchant, began carpet making in 1859 and initially rented space at Stour Vale Mills before constructing this factory, which was then known as New Road Mills.

Local climate

Victoria Carpet Company [L-Shaped Front Block)] 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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