Council House is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Town hall. 3 related planning applications.
Council House
- WRENN ID
- narrow-latch-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick MP: Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Council House, High Street, B66 3NT
- OS grid reference
- SP 023 881
- Coordinates
- 52.49093, -1.96733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Council House, built between 1905 and 1907 by Fred J Gill, is a Town Hall located in Smethwick. It features a combination of yellow terra cotta and red brick with a slate roof. The building is designed in a symmetrical Baroque style, consisting of two storeys and 15 bays. Notable architectural elements include a cornice, balustrade, and chamfered quoins. The three central bays, along with the second and the 14th bays, project outward. The outer projections have windows that are flanked by Ionic pilasters and topped with open segmental pediments. The ground floor windows in these bays have round heads, while the upper windows feature open pediments. The remaining bays have windows with architraves that include cornices and keystones, with the upper windows having segmental heads. The central bays are accentuated by engaged Ionic columns and a pediment, with round-headed windows on the ground floor. Above the structure is a cupola with a clock, and the main doorway also has a round head. Inside, there is a domed stair hall that features an Imperial stair with iron balusters.
Local climate
Council House 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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