Oldbury Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Library, court house. 3 related planning applications.
Oldbury Public Library
- WRENN ID
- waiting-pewter-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Library, court house
- Address
- Oldbury Public Library, Church Street, B69 3AF
- OS grid reference
- SO 990 896
- Coordinates
- 52.50466, -2.01579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oldbury Public Library, originally a court house, was built in 1816. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with painted stone dressings and has a slate roof. The building has two storeys and five bays. The ground floor features windows that are recessed within an arcade of round arches, which have keystones and an impost band. These windows are sashed with glazing bars and have gauged brick round heads. The first floor also has a similar arcade with moulded arches, and the windows here are sashed with Gothick glazing. In the central bay of the ground floor arcade, there is a 20th-century doorway. Above this doorway is a plaque that reads: "This Court House was erected AD 1816." A chimney is located on the right side of the building.
Local climate
Oldbury Public Library 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.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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