Ladypool Primary School
History
It was built as Stratford Road School in 1885 by architects Martin & Chamberlain as a Birmingham board school, one of around forty schools built by that firm in an innovative style as a result of the Elementary Education Act 1870.
The school was extensively damaged by the Birmingham tornado on 28 July 2005 and lost its distinctive Martin & Chamberlain tower. The school proposed building a replica of the tower. On 26 October 2006, Birmingham City Council Planning Department decided that the planning application should be referred to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Gallery
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Post-tornado view of school without tower.
References
- ^ "Headteacher's Welcome". Ladypool Primary School. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Ladypool Primary School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Ladypool Primary School (Grade II*) (1343133)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Picture including tower, lost in tornado 2005 (1343133)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 June 2006.
- Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
- Victorian Architecture in Britain - Blue Guide, Julian Orbach, 1987, ISBN 0-393-30070-6
- Planning application for the reconstruction of tower
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