Pinfold Street (near Victoria Square entrance for New Street Station)
Pinfold Street (near Victoria Square entrance for New Street Station)
CML House (aka Charles House), Great Charles Street, Birmingham. Built 1939 for Colonial Mutual Life Assurance by Hennessy, Hennessy & Co of Sydney with Stanley Hall & Easton & Robertson of London.
St Philip’s Cathedral, Colmore Row, Birmingham - construction began 1709, completed 1725, by Thomas Archer.
Sun Building, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham - built 1928 by S.N. Cooke. Former headquarters of the Sun Insurance company.
White House, New Street, Birmingham (near right) - originally built 1875 by Plevins, reconstructed in 1912 by Nicol & Nicol.
Grosvenor House, corner of New Street & Bennetts Hill, Birmingham - built 1953 by Cotton, Ballard & Blow.
Birmingham Town Hall, New Street. Built 1834 following a design competition advertised in The Times. 70 entrants were whittled down to a shortlist of 3. Finally, Hansom & Welch were appointed in 1831. Costs escalated throughout the build process and having stood surety for a large proportion of the build cost, Hansom & Welch were declared bankrupt in 1834. Work was supervised to completion by John Foster of Liverpool.
Hansom & Welch designed the building to be 14 bays by 7 (as it is now), but this was too large for the site. The design that was realised in 1834 was 12 bays long, but this wasn’t large enough to accommodate an orchestra and the hall was consequently extended in 1837 by Charles Edge.
Barwick Street, (rear façade of 73 Colmore Row?), Birmingham - built 1992 by Seymour Harris Partnership.
Corner of Margaret Street & Great Charles Street, Birmingham.
Birmingham School of Art, Margaret Street, Birmingham - designed by J.H Chamberlain in 1882, executed by Chamberlain’s partner William Martin and completed in 1885. Construction cost: £21k.
