Spring Hill Library Explained

Spring Hill Library
Building Type:	Library
Location:	Ladywood, Birmingham, England
Coordinates:	52.485°N -1.9195°W
Completion Date:	7 January 1893
Height:	65feet
Architect:	Frederick Martin, Martin & Chamberlain
Awards:	Grade II* listed

Spring Hill Library is a red brick and terracotta Victorian building in Ladywood, Birmingham, England.

Designed in 1891 by Frederick Martin^[1] of Martin & Chamberlain with a 650NaN0 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.

References

• Birmingham Libraries – History of Spring Hill Library
• Spring Hill Architecture – article by Joe Holyoak 1974
• Pictures of Spring Hill Library in context with neighbouring buildings: Search for "Spring Hill Library" from Birmingham Images

52.485°N -1.9195°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Thornton, Roy. Victorian Buildings of Birmingham. Sutton Publishing Ltd. 2006. 0-7509-3857-9.
2. Book: John Young Walker MacAlister

   . John Young Walker MacAlister . John Young Walker MacAlister . Alfred William Pollard . Alfred W. Pollard . The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society . Oxford University Press . 1891 . 199.