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The Brasshouse and the Westside Metro extension on Broad Street

The Brasshouse and the Westside Metro extension on Broad Street.

 

 

I'm not sure if they have reopened yet for outdoor drinking or dining, or if they have room.

 

 

Grade II listed building.

 

44, Broad Street B1

 

 

Listing Text

 

BROAD STREET

1.

5104

City Centre B1

No 44

[formerly listed as

No 44 (The Brass House)]

SP 0686 NW 32/4

29.3.78

II

2.

Built as the Birmingham Brasshouse in 1781 and altered circa 1870. Brick

with stucco dressings; slate roof. Two storeys; 7 bays, the centre 5 advanced

slightly and with a parapet with volutes left and right and intermittent

balustrading. Ground floor with a central door within a stone surround with

arched recess of Romanesque type and flanked by granite columns and, either

side, a central tipartite window with slender piers and columns carrying

an entablature and 2 windows with voussoir blocks. First floor similar except

that the central window is of Serlian type and the extreme left-hand window

has been heightened. All the windows with glazing bars and standing on a

continuous sill band.

 

Listing NGR: SP0611786656

 

This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.

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