Ladywood West Tunnel Portal is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Tunnel portal.

Ladywood West Tunnel Portal

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Tunnel portal
Address
Ladywood West Tunnel Portal, King Edward's Road B1
OS grid reference
SP 059 868
Coordinates
52.47953, -1.9142
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ladywood West Tunnel Portal, built in 1846-47 by Robert Stephenson, is a significant semi-circular tunnel entrance featuring concave reveals, ashlar voussoirs, and a stepped keystone at the top. It is framed broadly with rusticated quoins against engineering brickwork and topped with a block bracketed cornice and a pediment blocking course. The portal projects from an engineering brick retaining wall that curves out to down-curving quadrant abutments. This tunnel provides access to New Street and was constructed as part of the Stour Valley Railway's line to Wolverhampton.

Local climate

Ladywood West Tunnel Portal 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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