Bandstand, Botanical Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Bandstand. 11 related planning applications.

Bandstand, Botanical Gardens

WRENN ID
tattered-iron-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Edgbaston MP: Preet Kaur Gill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Bandstand
Address
Bandstand, Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Road B15
OS grid reference
SP 048 853
Coordinates
52.46648, -1.92966
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bandstand, located in the Botanical Gardens, was built in 1873. It is an elongated octagonal structure. The base consists of a stepped plinth constructed from buff and blue brick. Eight twisted Corinthian iron columns support arches with decorative, scrolled spandrels. Three of the eight sides feature glazed screens. The platform is paved with red and blue brick and incorporates a scrolled iron railing. A hipped roof of patterned slate is topped with two iron finials.

Local climate

Bandstand, Botanical Gardens 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 11 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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