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Spring Hill Library

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Spring Hill Library
Spring Hill Library, Ladywood, Birmingham
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General information
TypeLibrary
LocationLadywood, Birmingham, England
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Completed7 January 1893
Height65 feet (20 m)
Design and construction
ArchitectsFrederick Martin, Martin & Chamberlain
Awards and prizesGrade 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]

The library is a Grade II* listed building.[3][4]

It closed down for good in 2022, and as of 2025 will never reopen.[5]

  • Arms of Birmingham
    Arms of Birmingham
  • The ceiling, with curved iron girders concealed (unusual for Martin & Chamberlain)
    The ceiling, with curved iron girders concealed (unusual for Martin & Chamberlain)

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