Aston Cross Clock Tower at the Junction with Park Road is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Clock tower.

Aston Cross Clock Tower at the Junction with Park Road

WRENN ID
calm-spandrel-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Clock tower
Address
Aston Cross Clock Tower at the Junction with Park Road, Lichfield Road B6
OS grid reference
SP 080 890
Coordinates
52.499, -1.88323
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Aston Cross clock tower, located at the junction with Park Road, is a Grade II listed structure dating from December 1891. It was manufactured and erected by George Smith and Company, Sun Foundry, Glasgow, with architectural design by Arthur Edwards. The tower is square in plan and features a high plinth. The panelled shaft is adorned with Corinthianesque colonnettes that have ring shafts at the corners. At the top, there are four clock faces, each surmounted by pediments with elaborate open cresting and a finial.

Local climate

Aston Cross Clock Tower at the Junction with Park Road 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 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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