Ladypool Primary School

Post-tornado view of Ladypool School, Sparkbrook without tower

Ladypool Primary School is a Grade II* listed[1][2] primary school on Stratford Road in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England. It stands next to St Agatha's Church.

It was built as Stratford Road Primary 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.

Entrance

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.

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Ladypool Primary School  (Grade II*) (1343133)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Picture including tower, lost in tornado 2005 (217657)". Images of 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

Coordinates: 52°27′40″N 1°52′27″W / 52.4612°N 1.8742°W / 52.4612; -1.8742


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