Old Blue Ball Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1979. Public house.
Old Blue Ball Public House
- WRENN ID
- late-column-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury MP: Antonia Bance (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1979
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Old Blue Ball Public House, 19, Hall End
- OS grid reference
- SO 985 954
- Coordinates
- 52.55701, -2.02211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Blue Ball Public House is a public house dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of rendered brick and features a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has two bays. On the ground floor, there are timber canted bay windows that are connected by a timber fascia. The first floor windows are sashed and have glazing bars. A door is located between the bays, and there are chimneys on the gables at the front of the ridge. The pub is locally known as "Spittle's" after its former landlord, Jonah Spittle (1765 - 1844), who organized cock fights on nearby land and is referenced in the well-known broadside ballad "Wedgebury Cocking."
Local climate
Old Blue Ball Public House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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