Palm House, Botanical Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Greenhouse.

Palm House, Botanical Gardens

WRENN ID
under-gravel-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Edgbaston MP: Preet Kaur Gill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Greenhouse
Address
Palm House, Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Road B15
OS grid reference
SP 049 854
Coordinates
52.46689, -1.92909
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Palm House at the Botanical Gardens in Edgbaston was built in 1871. It is a large square glasshouse topped with a pyramidal roof that rises in two stages. The exterior features panelled Corinthian pilasters set on a blue brick plinth, along with thin moulded vertical glazing bars. Inside, there is a central square area surrounded by round-headed iron arcades supported by twisted Corinthian columns, which have scrolling openwork spandrels. The Palm House connects on the right with the West Terrace Glasshouse.

Local climate

Palm House, 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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