Memorial Archway at Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 2017. War memorial archway. 1 related planning application.
Memorial Archway at Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground
- WRENN ID
- unlit-pilaster-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Stourbridge MP: Cat Eccles (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial archway
- Address
- Memorial Archway at Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground, Stourbridge Cricket and Football Club, High Street, Amblecote, DY8 4HN
- OS grid reference
- SO 899 850
- Coordinates
- 52.46355, -2.14999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial Archway at Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground is a war memorial that serves as the entrance to a sports ground. It was designed by Geoffrey Ince, the Stourbridge Borough Surveyor, at a cost of £220 and was unveiled in December 1928.
The archway is constructed from red Ketley brick, laid in English bond, with stone dressings and a pantiled cap. The gates are made of cast and wrought iron by Hill and Smith of Brierley Hill.
Both the eastern and western faces of the archway are similar in design. The brick arch features banded rustication on the lower body of the piers on either side, topped by a projecting band of headers at the springing level of the arch. A raised band of stretchers surrounds the semi-circular arch, which is adorned with a triple keystone motif of bricks at the top. The spandrels on both flanks display carved stone laurel wreaths in high relief. The wall gradually decreases in thickness, culminating in a frieze with panels of raised brickwork at the top. Each side has a central stone panel; the one on the eastern side, facing the road, reads ‘STOURBRIDGE / WAR MEMORIAL / ATHLETIC GROUND’. Above this is a projecting brick cornice, and the archway is topped with a hipped cap of pantiles. The western face is similar, but the central stone plaque is blank. Piers on either side connect to lateral flanking walls that run north-south, with the southern wall featuring a gateway at its southern end, flanked by brick piers.
Local climate
Memorial Archway at Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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