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Latitude: 52.4963 / 52°29'46"N
Longitude: -1.9486 / 1°56'54"W
OS Eastings: 403587
OS Northings: 288708
OS Grid: SP035887
Mapcode National: GBR 5N3.M1
Mapcode Global: VH9YW.5JQ6
Plus Code: 9C4WF3W2+GH
Entry Name: Gateway and Gates Approximately 50 Metres West of Canteen at Soho Foundry
Listing Date: 30 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1077142
English Heritage Legacy ID: 219288
ID on this website: 101077142
Location: Black Patch, Sandwell, West Midlands, B66
County: Sandwell
Electoral Ward/Division: Soho and Victoria
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Smethwick
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Church of England Parish: Smethwick The Resurrection
Church of England Diocese: Birmingham
Tagged with: Gate
SANDWELL MB FOUNDRY LANE (off) SP 08 NW Smethwick 9/78 Gateway and gate approximately 50 metres 30.3.87 west of canteen at Soho Foundry II
Gateway and gate. 1837, moved to present position in C20. Cast iron with surround of sandstone and brick. Gate has flat top and some attached stylised floral decoration and is set within an ovolo-moulded sandstone surround with round arch. The keystone is inscribed: "AD 1837". Within the tympanum of the arch is a cast iron figure of an elephant. A C20 inscription beside the gateway reads: "This cast iron gate and arch were brought here from the residence of James Watt, Heathfield Hall, Handsworth, built 1790 demolished 1925". Soho Foundry is on the site of the foundry established in 1796 by Boulton, Watt and Sons for the manufacture of steam engine parts.
Listing NGR: SP0358788708
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