Oozells Street Board School was a Victorian board school in Oozells Street, off Broad Street in Birmingham, England. It is a Grade II listed building.[ citation needed]
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]
The building became a college and then a furniture store for Birmingham City Council before being condemned for demolition; in 1976 the tower was demolished on safety grounds. [1]
The structure had a last-minute reprieve as the contract for demolition was being agreed and was renovated by Carillion, including the re-erection of the tower, with a steel girder frame, around 1997. [2] The work cost of £4,700,000 [3] and the building reopened in 1998 as the Ikon Gallery. [1]
Since 1993 it has been surrounded by the new buildings of Brindleyplace which replaced an earlier industrial area of factories and workshops.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Norman Bartlam (2002). Broad Street Birmingham. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-2874-3.
- ^ Carillion plc Archived 17 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Levitt Bernstein (architect) Archived 23 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Historic England. "Grade II - tower had been demolished at time of listing in 1981 (1076214)". National Heritage List for England.
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Oozells Street Board School was a Victorian board school in Oozells Street, off Broad Street in Birmingham, England. It is a Grade II listed building.[ citation needed]
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]
The building became a college and then a furniture store for Birmingham City Council before being condemned for demolition; in 1976 the tower was demolished on safety grounds. [1]
The structure had a last-minute reprieve as the contract for demolition was being agreed and was renovated by Carillion, including the re-erection of the tower, with a steel girder frame, around 1997. [2] The work cost of £4,700,000 [3] and the building reopened in 1998 as the Ikon Gallery. [1]
Since 1993 it has been surrounded by the new buildings of Brindleyplace which replaced an earlier industrial area of factories and workshops.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Norman Bartlam (2002). Broad Street Birmingham. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-2874-3.
- ^ Carillion plc Archived 17 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Levitt Bernstein (architect) Archived 23 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Historic England. "Grade II - tower had been demolished at time of listing in 1981 (1076214)". National Heritage List for England.
52°28′39″N 1°54′45″W / 52.4776°N 1.9125°W
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