Memorial to James Chance in West Smethwick Park is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Memorial to James Chance in West Smethwick Park
- WRENN ID
- strange-belfry-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick MP: Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to James Chance in West Smethwick Park, West Park Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 007 889
- Coordinates
- 52.49827, -1.99102
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to James Chance, built around 1900, is located in West Smethwick Park. It is constructed from brick and terra cotta and features a central structure flanked by concave walls, which are approached by steps. The walls end in brick piers and include terra cotta seats. The centerpiece is adorned with paired columns that support an entablature featuring a decorated frieze and a modillion cornice, topped with a broken pediment that has swept sides and a central finial. Inside the central oval recess is a bronze bust of James Chance. Below the bust is an inscribed plaque that reads:
"James J Chance MA JP DL. For fifty years a partner in the firm of Chance Brothers & Co at the Glass Works Smethwick and at the Akali Works Oldbury.
"He purchased the land for the Park, laid it out and endowed it and on September 7th 1895 opened it a gift to the public for ever. He also made the roads on the east and west boundaries."
Local climate
Memorial to James Chance in West Smethwick Park receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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