Clock Tower at Junction with Frederick Street and Vyse Street is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Clock tower. 5 related planning applications.

Clock Tower at Junction with Frederick Street and Vyse Street

WRENN ID
silver-portal-dale
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
Clock Tower at Junction with Frederick Street and Vyse Street, Warstone Lane B18
OS grid reference
SP 060 876
Coordinates
52.48701, -1.91257
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Clock Tower at the junction of Frederick Street and Vyse Street is a Grade II listed structure built in 1903. This cast iron clock tower is situated in the middle of a road junction and was erected to commemorate Joseph Chamberlain's visit to South Africa when he was Secretary of State for the Colonies. The tower features a pedestal base with volutes at the corners, a tall square section panelled shaft, and a console corbelled square clock stage that has segmental pedimented clock faces. It is topped with a segmental cupola.

Local climate

Clock Tower at Junction with Frederick Street and Vyse 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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