East Portal of Brandwood Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1991. Tunnel portal.
East Portal of Brandwood Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- bitter-latch-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak MP: Al Carns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1991
- Type
- Tunnel portal
- OS grid reference
- SP 067 794
- Coordinates
- 52.41267, -1.90176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The East Portal of Brandwood Tunnel is a tunnel portal built between 1793 and 1796, with later repairs, and is probably designed by the engineer Josiah Clowes. It features a symmetrical elevation treated in a classical style, with a curved brick retaining wall and wings that include a brick band and copings. The portal has a single elliptical arch with a stone keystone. Above the arch, there is a large square stone tablet supported by console brackets, which features a central, moulded rectangular shield with chamfered corners, flanked by pilasters. On either side of the tablet, there are single round-arched blind windows with stone keystones and lintels, which are followed by single flat-arched blind windows, also with stone keystones and lintels, flanked by plain brick pilasters.
Local climate
East Portal of Brandwood Tunnel receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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