File:Stirchley Library, Bournville Lane, Stirchley - foundation stone (8852217500).jpg
Original file (4,288 × 3,216 pixels, file size: 3.64 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Summary[edit]
.jpg&action=edit§ion=1){kind=link}
| Description |
On the Pershore Road in Stirchley, Birmingham. Heading towards Dog Pool Lane. Stirchley Library on Bournville Lane. Built 1905 while the Kings Norton & Northfield Urban District Council still existed. Grade II listed. <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-471711-stirchley-library-" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Stirchley Library, Birmingham</a> SP 08 SE BIRMINGHAM BOURNEVILLE LANE (North side), Stirchley 997/12/10210 Stirchley Library GV II Library. 1905, by John P. Osborne. Red brick in Flemish bond, with stone dressings.. Slate roof with stone coped gable ends. Integral brick end stack with cornice. PLAN: Central entrance vestibule with imperial stairs over the porch, giving access to the libraries. Freestyle. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3:3:3 bay front. Slightly advanced gables to left and right with canted stone 2-storey bays with pilastered mullions and moulded transoms and cills; narrow flanking bays break forward with similarly pilastered windows; centre recessed, the stone doorway with flanking pilasters and coved round arch with large keystone rising into large stone frieze above with inscription: FREE LIBRARY in big letters, over which there is a glazed 6-bay colonnade with a modillion cornice above, all in stone. Leaded pane windows and panelled and glazed double doors. INTERIOR: Entrance vestibule has glazed and panelled screen and double doors with Art Nouveau stained glass. Imperial staircase over entrance with square newels with ball finials and alternating plain and splat balusters; panelled ceiling. Glazed screen to library entrance with pilastered mullions and moulded transoms arched over the doorways. The libraries are light from above, have wall pilasters and cornices, and the office has a pilastered wooden chimneypiece with cornices. Listing NGR: SP0531281220 Foundation stone of the library, |
| Date | |
| Source | Stirchley Library, Bournville Lane, Stirchley - foundation stone |
| Author | Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Camera location |  | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
|---|
.jpg¶ms=052.428960_N_-001.923379_E_globe:Earth_type:camera_source:Flickr_&language=en){kind=link}
Licensing[edit]
.jpg&action=edit§ion=2){kind=link}
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
|
This image was originally posted to Flickr by ell brown at https://flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/8852217500 (archive). It was reviewed on 1 June 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 14:31, 1 June 2019 | | 4,288 × 3,216 (3.64 MB) | Sic19 (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
.jpg&oldid=687803581){kind=link}