52, ALBION STREET
52, ALBION STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391250
- Date first listed:
- 29-Apr-2004
- List Entry Name:
- 52, ALBION STREET
- Statutory Address:
- 52, ALBION STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391250
- Date first listed:
- 29-Apr-2004
- List Entry Name:
- 52, ALBION STREET
- Statutory Address 1:
- 52, ALBION STREET
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:
- 52, ALBION STREET
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 06043 87471
Details
BIRMINGHAM
997/0/10434 ALBION STREET 29-APR-04 52
II
Manufactory. c.1865, with late C20 alterations. Red brick with blue brick and painted dressings, brick gable chimney stacks to both roof slopes, and a Welsh slate roof covering.
PLAN: Rectangular plan, with narrow rear yard, and now functionally linked to the range of workshops and offices to the right.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 4 bay asymmetrical street elevation with main entrance in bay 2 set between flanking windows and with vehicle entrance to bay 4 at right- hand end. Doorway set beneath shallow segmental arch, with blue brick hood mould and painted springers and keyblock. Recessed doorway with 4-panel door below 4-pane overlight. Ground and first floor windows with C20 undivided sash frames set within segmental arch-headed openings detailed to match that of the doorway. Continuous painted cill bands to ground and first floors, and smaller upper floor openings with asymmetrically sub-divided frames. These and the other frontage windows replaced earlier sash frames with margin glazing. Stepped and dentilled blue brick eaves band. Wide vehicular entrance to right side with shallow segmental arched head and C20 roller shutter.
HISTORY: No. 52 is a purpose -built manufactory, which included office, showroom and workshop provision, and its first occupant was a jewellery manufacturer. In 1954, the site was purchased by the present owners,and linked to the adjacent workshops in 1979.
The manufactory is a prominent component of a extensive street frontage range of C19 industrial premises , and forms a group with Nos. 54-57 Albion Street ( q.v.)
A purpose -built manufactory of c. 1865 comprised of offices, workshops and showroom, forming part of a prominent street frontage range of industrial premises and displaying the distinctive characteristics of late C19 industrial architecture buildings in this manufacturing district of Birmingham, now recognised as being of international significance.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 494048
- 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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