Entrance Turnstile Building at Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground

A sports ground entrance building with turnstiles and payment booths of 1932, donated by Ernest Stevens.

MATERIALS & PLAN: red Ketley brick laid in English bond, with a pantile roof. The turnstile building has six turnstiles arranged in a line, with accompanying payment booths, all forming a single range.

EXTERIOR: the walling of English-bond, red brick. Both sides are symmetrical, with three sets of double plank doors. The east side, which faces the entering crowd, has narrower doors and includes raised bands of brickwork to its lower body, which extend around the flanks of the building, and projecting rectangular panels of brick to the upper body. To the top of the wall is a cast iron gutter which extends around the building, with downpipes attached to the flanks. The west side has wider sets of doors which include the entrances to the cash desks.

INTERIOR: each set of doors leads to a pair of turnstiles with a grille to each side, where the cash desks are placed. The cast iron mechanisms each have circular plates which read: ‘W.T.ELLISON & CO. / LIMITED / ENGINEERS / MANCHESTER'. The outer ring around each plate reads ‘SOLE MAKERS / RUSH PREVENTATIVE TURNSTILES’. A pedal in the cash booth releases the mechanism for each of the six turnstiles.