Gateway and Gates Approximately 50 Metres West of Canteen at Soho Foundry is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Gateway.

Gateway and Gates Approximately 50 Metres West of Canteen at Soho Foundry

WRENN ID
moated-cinder-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
Smethwick MP: Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Gateway
OS grid reference
SP 035 887
Coordinates
52.49628, -1.94859
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway and gate, dating from 1837, are located approximately 50 metres west of the canteen at Soho Foundry in Smethwick. Originally constructed in cast iron, the gate features a flat top with stylised floral decoration and is set within a sandstone and brick surround that has an ovolo-moulded design with a round arch. The keystone of the arch is inscribed with "AD 1837". Inside the tympanum of the arch, there is a cast iron figure of an elephant. A 20th-century inscription next to the gateway notes that this cast iron gate and arch were relocated from the residence of James Watt at Heathfield Hall in Handsworth, which was built in 1790 and demolished in 1925. The Soho Foundry itself was established in 1796 by Boulton, Watt and Sons for the production of steam engine parts.

Local climate

Gateway and Gates Approximately 50 Metres West of Canteen at Soho Foundry receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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