Title: Selly Manor
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Location: Selly Oak
Long: -1.934318
Lat: 52.430642
Built: 1300s
Building Style:: Tudor
Listing status:: Grade II
Current Use: Museum
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/selly-manor/
External Link: http://www.sellymanormuseum.org.uk/
Blurb: Selly Manor was once Bournebrook's manor house, until it was moved by George Cadbury to sit near his factory.
Title: Joseph Chamberlain Clock Tower
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Location: University of Birmingham
Long: -1.930667
Lat: 52.449836
Built: 1900-1908
Building Style:: Campanile
Listing status:: Grade II
Current Use: Clock tower
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/joseph-chamberlain-clock-tower/
External Link: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/services/index.aspx
Blurb: Nicknamed Old Joe by students at the University of Birmingham, it is the tallest freestanding clock tower in the uk!
Title: Selfridges Bullring
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Location: Bullring, City Centre
Long: -1.892331
Lat: 52.47788
Built: 2003
Building Style:: Blobitecture
Listing status:: None
Current Use: Department store
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/selfridges-building/
External Link: http://style.selfridges.com/store/birmingham
Blurb: Designed by Future Systems, The Selfridges Building is one of Birmingham's most recognisable architectural structures.
Title: Library of Birmingham
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Location: Centenary Square, Broad Street
Long: -1.908508
Lat: 52.479834
Built: 2010-2013
Building Style:: Postmodern
Listing status:: None
Current Use: Library
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/library-of-birmingham/
External Link: http://www.libraryofbirmingham.com/
Blurb: Opened in 2013 The Library of Birmingham is the city's newest iconic building.
Title: Birmingham Rotunda
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Location: New Street, City Centre
Long: -1.895389
Lat: 52.478342
Built: 1961-1965
Building Style:: Modern
Listing status:: Grade II
Current Use: Apart-Hotel
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/birmingham-rotunda/
External Link: http://www.stayingcool.com/birmingham.aspx
Blurb: Originally designed as an office block, the Rotunda was refurbished between 2004-2008 to create luxury residential apartments.
Title: St Phillip's Cathedral, Birmingham
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Location: Colmore Row, City Centre
Long: -1.898662
Lat: 52.481348
Built: 1710-1725
Building Style:: Baroque
Listing status:: Grade I
Current Use: Church of England
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/birmingham-cathedral/
External Link: http://www.birminghamcathedral.com/index.asp?idarea=1&idareasub=1
Blurb: Built by Thomas Archer in the 1700s, Birmingham Cathedral is the building which gives Birmingham its city status.
Title: Lad in the Lane
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Location: Erdington
Long: -1.835479
Lat: 52.514718
Built: 1400 / 1930
Building Style:: Tudor
Listing status:: Grade II
Current Use: Public House
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/lad-in-the-lane/
External Link: https://plus.google.com/116633865390884246705/about?gl=uk&hl=en
Blurb: The Lad in the Lane is thought to be the oldest house and pub in Birmingham.
Title: Aston Hall
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Location: Aston
Long: -1.884548
Lat: 52.506443
Built: 1618-1635
Building Style:: Jacobean
Listing status:: Grade I
Current Use: Community museum
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/aston-hall/
External Link: http://www.bmag.org.uk/aston-hall
Blurb: Built for Sir Thomas Holte, the hall remained in the family until, through changes of hands, the building became a museum.
Title: Curzon Street Railway Station
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Location: Curzon Street, Eastside
Long: -1.886328
Lat: 52.481657
Built: 1838
Building Style:: Philip Hardwick
Listing status:: Grade I
Current Use: HS2 Development
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/curzon-street-railway-station/
External Link: http://www.libraryofbirmingham.com/historyofcurzonstreetstation
Blurb: Originally 'Birmingham Station', the building has since gone through various uses. It will be key to the new HS2 development.
Title: Eagle and Tun
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Location: Banbury Street, Eastside
Long: -1.886955
Lat: 52.480686
Built: 1900
Building Style:: Red brick
Listing status:: Grade B Locally Listed
Current Use: HS2?
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/eagle-and-tun/
External Link:
Blurb: The location for UB40's 'Red Red Wine' video, the pub is currently disused. It will be affected by the HS2 development.
Title: Pince Street Gunsmiths
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Location: Digbeth
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Lat:
Built:
Building Style:: Factory
Listing status:: Grade B Locally Listed
Current Use: Working gunsmiths
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/gunsmiths-price-street/
External Link:
Blurb: Historic gunsmiths in Digbeth continue their trades in modern Birmingham.
Title: Sarehole Mill
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Location: River Cole, Hall Green
Long: -1.856027
Lat: 52.434357
Built: 1542
Building Style:: Water mill
Listing status:: Grade II
Current Use: Museum
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/sarehole-mill/
External Link: http://www.bmag.org.uk/sarehole-mill
Blurb: A functioning mill until the 1900s, the building became derelict. It has since been restored and is now run as a museum.
Title: Perrott’s Folly
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Location: Waterworks Road, Edgbaston
Long: -1.931233
Lat: 52.474439
Built: 1758
Building Style:: Red brick folly
Listing status:: Grade II*
Current Use: Restored community project
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/perrotts-folly/
External Link: http://www.birminghamconservationtrust.org/bct-finished/perrotts-folly/
Blurb: It has been suggested that Perrott's Folly was an inspiration to writer J. R. R. Tolkein.
Title: Newman Brothers Coffin Works
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Location: Fleet Street, The Jewellery Quarter
Long: -1.907378
Lat: 52.482031
Built: 1894
Building Style:: Factory
Listing status:: Grade II
Current Use: Community museum
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/newman-brothers-coffin-works/
External Link: http://coffinworks.org/
Blurb: A working factory until 1919, the Coffinworks has recently been refurbished as a community project.
Title: Ikon Gallery
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Location: Oozells Street, Brindley Place
Long: -1.912571
Lat: 52.477665
Built: 1877
Building Style:: Neo Gothic
Listing status:: Grade II
Current Use: Art gallery
Internal Link: http://buildingsbrum.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/ikon-gallery/
External Link: http://ikon-gallery.org/
Blurb: Formerly Oozels Street Board School, the building has been converted and now houses a contemporary art gallery.