Law Courts is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Law court. 4 related planning applications.
Law Courts
- WRENN ID
- lunar-hall-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Law court
- Address
- Law Courts, Lombard Street West
- OS grid reference
- SP 002 913
- Coordinates
- 52.51988, -1.99778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Law Courts, built in 1890 by Wood and Kendrick, are located on Lombard Street West in West Bromwich. This two-storey building with an attic is constructed of brick, featuring sandstone and terra cotta dressings, and has a slate roof. The façade consists of five bays, with the central and outer bays slightly projecting forward. The ground floor windows are paired and separated by central sandstone pilasters. Above these windows is a sandstone frieze and a dentilled terra cotta cornice. A wide entrance to a passageway is located in the right-hand bay. On the first floor, the outer bays have tripartite windows flanked by brick pilasters, while the other windows feature round heads with keystones and impost blocks. The central window is flanked by engaged Composite columns. Above the cornice, there is a parapet with finials and a balustrade above the second and fourth bays. The central bay is topped with a gable that has two chimneys rising above a cornice, flanking a pediment. Dormers with 4-light timber mullioned windows under leaded ogee roofs are situated above the outer bays.
Local climate
Law Courts 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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