Public Toilets Built Into Snowhill Railway Bridge Arch, Corner Livery Street and Lionel Street is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1996. Public conveniences.
Public Toilets Built Into Snowhill Railway Bridge Arch, Corner Livery Street and Lionel Street
- WRENN ID
- sheer-quoin-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1996
- Type
- Public conveniences
- OS grid reference
- SP 067 874
- Coordinates
- 52.48498, -1.90198
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Public conveniences built into the arch of the Snowhill Railway Bridge at the corner of Livery Street and Lionel Street. This structure dates from the late Victorian period. It features cast iron screens set within a separate round-headed arch. The leaves of the screens are divided by a moulded colonette topped with a finial. Each leaf consists of three panels; the small upper panel is louvered for ventilation and is adorned with arrow-headed decoration above a moulded cornice. The lower and middle panels showcase an elaborate classical design.
Local climate
Public Toilets Built Into Snowhill Railway Bridge Arch, Corner Livery Street and Lionel Street 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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