Spring Hill Library | |
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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 | 7 January 1893 |
Height | 65 feet (20 m) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Frederick Martin, 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 Frederick Martin[1] of Martin & Chamberlain with a 65-foot (20 m) clock tower on the corner of Icknield Street and Spring Hill and opened on 7 January 1893, it now stands next to a roundabout and linked via a glazed atrium to a new (2010) Tesco superstore. The site was previously the location for the turnpike gate house for Icknield Street.[2]
Still in use as a Birmingham branch library, it is a Grade II* listed building.[3][4]