31, Load Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1975. House.
31, Load Street
- WRENN ID
- western-floor-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 31, Load Street, Bewdley, DY12 2AS
- OS grid reference
- SO 785 752
- Coordinates
- 52.37512, -2.3165
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 31 on Load Street is a house that has been converted into a shop and flats. It dates from the late 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 three storeys high and features a dentilled brick cornice.
The façade has two windows on the upper floors, which are glazing bar sashes set into stone sills, with plastered stepped voussoirs above the flat arches. The second floor has similar windows, but with 9-pane sashes. The ground floor includes an entrance to no 30, which is approached by seven stone steps, and features a wooden architrave, a 3-pane overlight, and a 5-panel door. To the right, the shop front has wooden pilasters and a moulded cornice, with a 2-pane shop window. The entrance to the shop is recessed to the left, accessed by five stone steps, and includes an overlight and a glazed door.
Local climate
31, 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2005
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- Radon risk assessment
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