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The Trocadero, 17 Temple Street, Birmingham, England, currently a pub, is a dazzling demonstration of the use of coloured glazed tile and terracotta in the post-Victorian era of architecture. Formerly the Fire Engine House for the Norwich Union Insurance Company (1846, Edge & Avery), it was altered in 1883 to make the Bodega wine bar.
Birmingham and its surrounding area. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Great Western Arcade, Temple Row entrance Great Western Arcade. The Great Western Arcade (grid reference) is a covered Grade II listed [1] [2] Victorian shopping arcade lying between Colmore Row and Temple Row in Birmingham City Centre, England. It was built (1875-6) over the Great Western Railway line cutting at the London end of Snow Hill ...
Manahatta is a dramatic play written by Mary Kathryn Nagle. The play takes place in 21st century Oklahoma, as well as both 21st and 17th century Manahatta (popularly known as Manhattan Island ). The show follows Jane Snake as she rises the ranks of Wall Street investment firm Lehman Brothers in the years leading up to and during the 2007–2008 ...
The building was acquired by the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank, established in 1861. [2] The bank had four branches within the city; the oldest one, here in Temple Row, was opened for business in 1862. [2] The Joint Stock Company amalgamated with Lloyds Bank in 1889. [3] The building was then used as a branch of Lloyds Bank.
Samuel Nathaniel Cooke Jr. (26 June 1882 [1] – 11 April 1964) was an English architect active in Birmingham, England in the early to mid 20th century.He was almost invariably credited as S. N. Cooke and his later work was carried out under the auspices of his firm S. N. Cooke and Partners.
On Bland's death in 1898, he succeeded him in the practice [2] at 14 Temple Street, Birmingham. From 1902 onwards he designed a notable series of large private houses in Arts and Crafts styles in upmarket districts of Birmingham including Moseley, Kings Heath, Selly Park, Barnt Green and Four Oaks. [4] In 1911 he was appointed LRIBA.
Victoria Works, Vittoria Street/Frederick Street, Birmingham 1839–40; National Provincial Bank, Bennett Hill, Birmingham, 1840; Block, Temple Street/New Street, Birmingham, 1842 (demolished c.1950) St Paul's School, Warstone Lane, Birmingham, 1844; Norwich Union Fire Engine House, Temple Street, Birmingham, 1846 (with Avery)