City Arcade is a Grade II* listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Commercial arcade. 11 related planning applications.
City Arcade
- WRENN ID
- stranded-joist-ivory
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Commercial arcade
- Address
- City Arcade, Union Street B4, B2 4TX
- OS grid reference
- SP 071 868
- Coordinates
- 52.47979, -1.89634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
City Arcade is a Grade II* listed building constructed between 1898 and 1901 by architects T.W.F. Newton and Cheattle, featuring decorative terracotta and green faience by Doulton and Co, with additional detailing by W.J. Neatby. The gabled facade facing Union Street has three storeys plus an attic and is set diagonally to the arcade. It features a large central arch flanked by polygonal turrets that end in small cupolas with windows and scrolly buttresses. To the left, there is another single bay. The ground floor has modern shop fronts. The windows are designed with mullions and transoms, with the first floor featuring windows with two transoms and the second floor with one. Above the arch, there is a row of five small windows and an impressive band of sculpture that includes caryatid figures and a three-light window in the gable. Inside the arcade, there are modern shop fronts on either side, beneath a beautiful scrolly green faience balustrade with intermittent cupolas, and lengths of coffered ceiling at both ends. The facade facing Union Passage is more utilitarian.
Local climate
City Arcade 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 11 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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