Parkview House
PARKVIEW HOUSE, ALCESTER STREET B12
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1343317
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1982
- List Entry Name:
- Parkview House
- Statutory Address:
- PARKVIEW HOUSE, ALCESTER STREET B12
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- 2000-08-13
- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1343317
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1982
- List Entry Name:
- Parkview House
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARKVIEW HOUSE, ALCESTER STREET B12
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PARKVIEW HOUSE, ALCESTER STREET B12
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Birmingham (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 07932 85847
Details
ALCESTER STREET 1. 5104 Highgate B12 Parkview House SP 08 NE 7/66 II 2. 1903-4 built as a massive Rowton House hostel on a scale and with a social purpose as characteristic of the city at this date as is the quality of the materials and the decorative finish. A vast quadriangular block of bright red quality brick with 5 storeys basement and attics. One long narrow windowed elevation articulated by shallow breaks with broad gables and triangular ribs rising from second floor sill course. The massiveness of the block is enlivened by good buff terracota dressings and finials, with the feature of octagonal corner towers slightly stepped at each stage and crowned by copper sheathed conical roofs. There is decorative terracota work in the gables and terracota dragons with shields as gargoyles to the top stage of the towers. The gabled porch is entirely terracota faced with flanking to cupola capped octagonal turrets. The central finial is surmounted by a finely modelled figure of a boy bearing what was probably a light fitting on his back whilst in the spandrels of the door arch are delicately wrought relief panels with boys of similar type representing industry and rural poverty or farming life. Tall cast iron railings to area. Commanding hillside site.
Listing NGR: SP0732485648
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 216725
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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