Former Station Cafe, now Safari Building, at Dudley Zoo is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1970. Cafe.
Former Station Cafe, now Safari Building, at Dudley Zoo
- WRENN ID
- grim-jamb-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Dudley MP: Sonia Kumar (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1970
- Type
- Cafe
- Address
- Former Station Cafe, now Safari Building, at Dudley Zoo, 2 the Broadway, West Midlands, DY1 4QB
- OS grid reference
- SO 948 906
- Coordinates
- 52.51363, -2.07704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Station Cafe, now known as the Safari Building at Dudley Zoo, is a 20th-century structure with a rectangular plan and a small adjacent block at the south-west corner. It is constructed of reinforced concrete.
The exterior features a main elevation with five bays, separated by four evenly spaced entrances. Currently, only two of these entrances are open, with the others filled in. The active entrances have late 20th-century double doors. The overhanging roof slab is supported by nine-inch columns, with two columns per bay between the doorways, and concrete benches built around them. One bay retains its timber lattice, which is now glazed, while the others have been filled in. The south end wall also has a similar glazed lattice, while the opposite end wall is completely filled in.
Inside, the roof slab is supported by nine-inch diameter columns that carry concrete beams, with the main roof slab set flush with them. The interior features regular circular roof lights.
Local climate
Former Station Cafe, now Safari Building, at Dudley Zoo 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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