Warehouse Between Hartley Bridge and Canal Bridge, Chance's Glassworks is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1978. Warehouse. 1 related planning application.

Warehouse Between Hartley Bridge and Canal Bridge, Chance's Glassworks

WRENN ID
tilted-vault-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
Smethwick MP: Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 July 1978
Type
Warehouse
Address
Warehouse Between Hartley Bridge and Canal Bridge, Chance's Glassworks, Spon Lane South, B66 1NZ
OS grid reference
SP 004 897
Coordinates
52.50563, -1.99441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This warehouse, built between 1840 and 1852, is part of Chance's Glassworks and is located between Hartley Bridge and Canal Bridge in Smethwick. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped slate roof. The south wall, which faces the Birmingham Level of the Birmingham Canal, is two storeys high and sits above a battered clinker base. The lower storey has 15 windows with segmental heads, and to the right of the seventh window, there is a wide doorway with a round arch. The upper storey contains ten wider windows; the five on the left have segmental heads, while the five on the right have flat heads beneath the eaves. Inside, the warehouse has bolted queen-post trusses.

Local climate

Warehouse Between Hartley Bridge and Canal Bridge, Chance's Glassworks 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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