Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 2010. Memorial.
Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- fallow-doorway-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr MP: Ayoub Khan (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 2010
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery, the Ridgeway
- OS grid reference
- SP 081 928
- Coordinates
- 52.53315, -1.88093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Granville Street Memorial is situated in the north-east part of Witton Old Jewish Cemetery, which is next to the municipal Witton Cemetery. This granite obelisk was erected in 1876 and consists of four sections. It features a low square base that supports a square plinth, topped by a tall, two-tier shaft with a pyramidal cap. On the west face of the base of the shaft, there is an inscription that reads:
THIS MONUMENT/MARKS THE PLACE WHERE/THE BODIES REMOVED FROM/THE JEWISH CEMETERY NEAR/GRANVILLE STREET/WERE RE-INTERRED IN/5636-1876
Additionally, the west face of the stone plinth has a Hebrew inscription, which is an acronym for "May his/her soul be bound up in the bond of life."
The history of the cemetery at Granville Street dates back to around 1766, making it the second Jewish cemetery in Birmingham. It closed around 1825 due to railway development, and in 1876, some of the bodies were relocated to Witton Old Jewish Cemetery. The Granville Street Memorial was established to commemorate the re-interment of these remains.
The memorial is surrounded by low level wrought iron railings.
Local climate
Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery 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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