8, Load Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1950. A C18 Commercial.
8, Load Street
- WRENN ID
- last-railing-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1950
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 8, Load Street, Bewdley, DY12 2AW
- OS grid reference
- SO 786 753
- Coordinates
- 52.37572, -2.31492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 9, 10 and 11 on Load Street is a house that has been converted into a restaurant and flat. It dates from the early 18th century, with some alterations from the mid-19th century and late 20th century. The building is made of brick and has a hipped tile roof. It stands three storeys tall and features a dentilled brick cornice. There are two windows on the upper floors, which are boxed glazing bar sashes set beneath rubbed brick heads with stone sills. The ground floor has a pilastered shop front with scroll brackets supporting a moulded cornice. To the right, there is a 2-pane shop window, and to the left, a recessed entrance.
Local climate
8, 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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