Spring Hill Library

Spring Hill Library
Spring Hill Library
	Spring Hill Library
General information
Type	Library
Location	Ladywood, Birmingham, England
Coordinates	52°29′6.16″N 1°55′10.14″W / 52.4850444°N 1.9194833°W
Completed	January 7 1893
Height	65 feet (20 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Martin & Chamberlain
Awards and prizes	Grade II* listed

Spring Hill Library (grid reference SP055874) is a red brick and terracotta Victorian building in Ladywood, Birmingham, England.

Designed in 1891 by Martin & Chamberlain with a 65-foot (20 m) clock tower on the corner of Icknield Street and Spring Hill and opened on January 7 1893, it now stands next to a roundabout and surrounded by flattened ground where once it was attached to buildings. The site was previously the location for the turnpike gate house for Icknield Street.^[1]

Still in use as a Birmingham branch library, it is a grade II* listed building.

A proposal to construct a Tesco supermarket to the rear of the building includes the construction of a glazed corridor to connect the two structures.

Arms of Birmingham
The ceiling, with curved iron girders concealed (unusual for Martin & Chamberlain)

References

^ John Young Walker MacAlister (1891). The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Oxford University Press. p. 199. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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52°29′6.16″N 1°55′10.14″W / 52.4850444°N 1.9194833°W / 52.4850444; -1.9194833

[1] John Young Walker MacAlister (1891). The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Oxford University Press. p. 199. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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