Spring Hill Library

Spring Hill Library
File:Spring Hill Library (1).jpg Spring Hill Library, Ladywood, Birmingham
General information
Type	Library
Location	Ladywood, Birmingham, England
Coordinates
Completed	7 January 1893
Height	65 feet (20 m)
Design and construction
Architects	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 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.

The library is a Grade II* listed building.

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

• File:Spring Hill Library (7).jpg
• 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)

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