Oozells Street Board School
Oozells Street Board School was a Victorian board school in Oozells Street, off Broad Street in Birmingham, England.
Designed in 1877 by local architects Martin & Chamberlain, responsible for over forty of the Birmingham board schools, it opened on 28 January 1878 to serve 807 primary children.[1]
In 1976 the tower was demolished on safety grounds.[1] It was rebuilt around 1997 with a steel girder frame. Redevelopment was by Carillion[2] at a cost of £4,700,000.[3]
The building became a college and then a furniture store for Birmingham City Council before being condemned for demolition.[1] It had a last-minute reprieve as the contract for demolition was being agreed and reopened in 1998 as the Ikon Gallery.[1]
Since 1993 it has become surrounded by the new buildings of Brindleyplace which replaced an earlier industrial area of factories and workshops.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Norman Bartlam (2002). Broad Street Birmingham. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-2874-3.
- ^ Carillion plc
- ^ Levitt Bernstein (architect)
External links
- Historic England. "Details from listed building database ({{{num}}})". National Heritage List for England.
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