Gardens · West Midlands
Roundhouse Birmingham
Roundhouse Birmingham — a garden in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Roundhouse Birmingham is a garden of interest in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Roundhouse, formerly Corporation Wharf, is a crescent-shaped building located in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Originally used as a local authority depot, stables and stores the building is now in the care of Roundhouse Birmingham, an independent charity created by the National Trust and Canal and River Trust. Roundhouse Birmingham delivers a year-round programme of walks and tours that launched in 2021. Tours include kayaking, cycling, walking and stand up paddleboarding. The Roundhouse is a rare survival of a relatively unaltered 19th century complex of functionally related buildings dating from Birmingham's industrial and civic heyday. The building is Grade II* listed.
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Background
History
A design competition was held by the Corporation of Birmingham in the early 1870s for a depot to be located between the Birmingham Canal and Sheepcote Street. The winning design was from Birmingham architect, William Henry Ward who was also responsible for designing many building in the city, amongst them Great Western Arcade in 1876. The crescent-shaped building was constructed in 1873–1874 with the two gatehouse buildings fronting Sheepcote Street constructed in 1885. Originally named Corporation Wharf the building was built as a local authority depot which took advantage of its strategic location adjacent to the Birmingham Canal and the large railway goods depot for the London and North…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.4790, -1.9185
- Address
- 1 Sheepcote Street, Birmingham. B16 8AE
- Established
- 1874
- Official site
- www.roundhousebirmingham.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17533776 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Roundhouse, Birmingham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Roundhouse Birmingham?
- Roundhouse Birmingham is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Roundhouse Birmingham built?
- Built or established in 1874.
- Who owns Roundhouse Birmingham?
- Roundhouse Birmingham is owned by Canal and River Trust.