Birmingham Reference Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham: the spiral staircase connecting the reading room to the gallery
Architect/Designer | Martin & Chamberlain |
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Artist/Photographer | Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Birmingham |
Subject Date | 1882 |
Image Date | 1968 |
View | Interior |
Style | Classical Revival | Victorian |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP Box 649 B'ham/ Old Central |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Iron ; Libraries ; Spiral stairs |
NOTES: This library was designed by Martin & Chamberlain and opened in 1882, replacing the earlier library of 1865 designed by John Chamberlain which was destroyed by fire in 1879. The building was demolished in 1974 after a long campaign to preserve it.
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