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Hall of Memory: Grade II |
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The Hall of Memory is on Centenary Square in Westside.
It commemorates 12,320 men from Birmingham who
died in the First World War and subsequent conflicts.
Designed by S.N.Cooke and W.N. Twist in the Edwardian baroque style, it
was built in Portland stone on an octagonal base with
Doric portico, side chapels, projecting cornice and dome.
Four allegorical statues of the army, navy, air force and women's
service stand outside the hall; the interior contains three bas-reliefs
by William Bloye entitled Call, Frontline and Return.
The hall cost financed by public subscription and opened by Prince
Arthur of Connaught on 4 July 1925. |
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Municipal Bank: Grade II |
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The former headquarters of the Birmingham Municipal Bank is on
Broad Street in Westside.
Designed by T. Cecil Howitt in the classical style, the bank was built
in Portland stone and granite ashlar in 1931-33.
The exterior features a tetrastyle Ionic colonnade, carved frieze and bronze doors; the interior
contains a limestone-faced hall with coffered ceiling and arcaded side
walls.
The bank was established in 1915 and had 66 branches until it merged
with the Trustee Savings Bank in 1976. |
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Baskerville House |
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Baskerville House is on Centenary Square in Westside.
It was built in the Art Deco Style in the 1930's as part
of a proposed new civic park on the site of a back-filled canal basin.
Work was interrupted by the Second World War and Baskerville House,
designed as a single range of a far larger building, was never
completed.
Baskerville House contained the city planning department until 2003 when
the original 5 storey interior was demolished and replaced by a 7-storey
office block whose upper 2 floors protrude above the retained facade. A
lighting scheme by Hoare Lee creates a spectacular night-time rim.
The building was named after John Baskerville: an 18th century print
magnate who once lived nearby. |
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Oozells Street Board School: Grade II |
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former Oozells Street Board School is on Oozells Square at Brindleyplace,
Westside.
It was designed by
Chamberlain & Martin in the Gothic style and built in red-brick in
1874-76.
It is a 3-streoy building consisting of 4 bays, three of which terminate in
gables whilst the fourth features an apsidal turret above the main
entrance. The ventilation tower was demolished in 1976, but rebuilt on a
steel girder frame in 1997.
The building, which is now the Ikon Gallery, ceased to be a school in 1906 and the surrounding street pattern, including Oozells
Street itself, has been replaced by Brindleyplace.
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266 Broad Street: Grade II |
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266 Broad Street is a red-brick Gothic warehouse (circa 1875) by
Chamberlain & Martin on a bridge above the Birmingham and Worcester
Canal. The Broad Street facade features one broad gable above two rows of
sash windows on the right bay and two narrow gables with roundrels and
pointed-arch couplets on the centre and left bays.
A second facade on Gas Street features one large gable with cut-brick
foliage alongside a smaller gable with a roundrel and couplets.
The rear facade, which overlooks the canal, features one large gable
above three rows of rectangular windows and a smaller windowless gable.
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Presbyterian Church,
Broad Street: Grade II |
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The former Presbyterian church at 55 Broad Street was designed
by JR Botham and built in blue-brick with stone dressings in
1848-49. It features a landmark tower with Tuscan columns, a
bracketed cornice and domed cap. |
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