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The University of Birmingham afternoon walk from the North Gate to South Gate.


To the Christmas tree and Christmas lights in the Chancellors Court.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539

The University of Birmingham afternoon walk from the North Gate to South Gate.


To the Christmas tree and Christmas lights in the Chancellors Court.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539

At the Chancellors Court, University of Birmingham.

Had time before the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet to get some photos outside.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539

At the Chancellors Court, University of Birmingham.

Had time before the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet to get some photos outside.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539


Chancellor's Court Friezes

Mining and Metallurgy, Learning, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (left to right)
Artist: Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933)
Date made: 1905-1909
Medium: Ceramic
Research and Cultural Collections
Accession number: BIRRC-A0566a-d
Location: Aston Webb Building - Chancellor's Court. To find this sculpture, you can either use its what three words location or use the campus digital map.


Robert Anning Bell was a central figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. He was commissioned by the University to create a ceramic frieze to top each block in Chancellor’s Court. The friezes illustrate detailed scenes of engineering, metalwork and mining, trades that formed the industrial landscape of the Midlands. They were also the subjects originally taught inside these buildings, asserting the importance of science and industry at the University. The central frieze, above the entrance to the Aston Webb building, depicts a classical representation of the Goddess of Learning handing over the baton of scholarship to figures in academic robes. This signifies the fact that every student who graduates from the University of Birmingham will receive their degree in the Great Hall, inside this very building.

At the Chancellors Court, University of Birmingham.

Had time before the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet to get some photos outside.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539


Chancellor's Court Friezes

Mining and Metallurgy, Learning, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (left to right)
Artist: Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933)
Date made: 1905-1909
Medium: Ceramic
Research and Cultural Collections
Accession number: BIRRC-A0566a-d
Location: Aston Webb Building - Chancellor's Court. To find this sculpture, you can either use its what three words location or use the campus digital map.


Robert Anning Bell was a central figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. He was commissioned by the University to create a ceramic frieze to top each block in Chancellor’s Court. The friezes illustrate detailed scenes of engineering, metalwork and mining, trades that formed the industrial landscape of the Midlands. They were also the subjects originally taught inside these buildings, asserting the importance of science and industry at the University. The central frieze, above the entrance to the Aston Webb building, depicts a classical representation of the Goddess of Learning handing over the baton of scholarship to figures in academic robes. This signifies the fact that every student who graduates from the University of Birmingham will receive their degree in the Great Hall, inside this very building.

At the Chancellors Court, University of Birmingham.

Had time before the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet to get some photos outside.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539


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At the Chancellors Court, University of Birmingham.

Had time before the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet to get some photos outside.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539


E VII R sculptural details

At the Chancellors Court, University of Birmingham.

Had time before the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet to get some photos outside.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539

At the Chancellors Court, University of Birmingham.

Had time before the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet to get some photos outside.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539


Aston Webb carved figures

Architectural carvings of Beethoven, Virgil, Michelangelo, Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Watt, Faraday and Darwin
Artist: Henry Pegram (1862-1937)
Date produced: 1907
Medium: Darley Dale stone
Research and Cultural Collections
Accession number: BIRRC-A0565a-i
Location: Aston Webb Building - Chancellor's Court. To find this sculpture, you can either use its what three words location or use the campus digital map.
The vision for the University of Birmingham as ‘a school of universal instruction, not confined to any particular branch of knowledge but taking all knowledge in its province’ is expressed in stone over the main entrance to the Aston Webb building. The nine life-size figures depict great men from the worlds of art, philosophy, science and industry. Each carries an attribute or maintains a pose reflecting their achievement. The frieze was carved in situ by sculptor Henry Pegram and was completed in 1907.

At the Chancellors Court, University of Birmingham.

Had time before the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet to get some photos outside.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539


Chancellor's Court Friezes

Mining and Metallurgy, Learning, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (left to right)
Artist: Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933)
Date made: 1905-1909
Medium: Ceramic
Research and Cultural Collections
Accession number: BIRRC-A0566a-d
Location: Aston Webb Building - Chancellor's Court. To find this sculpture, you can either use its what three words location or use the campus digital map.


Robert Anning Bell was a central figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. He was commissioned by the University to create a ceramic frieze to top each block in Chancellor’s Court. The friezes illustrate detailed scenes of engineering, metalwork and mining, trades that formed the industrial landscape of the Midlands. They were also the subjects originally taught inside these buildings, asserting the importance of science and industry at the University. The central frieze, above the entrance to the Aston Webb building, depicts a classical representation of the Goddess of Learning handing over the baton of scholarship to figures in academic robes. This signifies the fact that every student who graduates from the University of Birmingham will receive their degree in the Great Hall, inside this very building.

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


Ground floor window view.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


Ground floor window view.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


Stairs from a corridor.

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


Statue of King Edward VII. It was unveiled on his visit in 1909 to officially open the University.

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


The Ages of Man
Cornelis Saftleven (1607 - 1681)
Oil on panel

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


Statue of King Edward VII. It was unveiled on his visit in 1909 to officially open the University.

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


View to the Bournbrook Sports Pitches.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


This corridor from the first floor off the central domed area.

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


View to the Bournbrook Sports Pitches.


Grade II* listed building

Great Hall and Quadrant Range

Details
UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Great Hall and Quadrant Range formerly listed as Birmingham University (Main Buildings) SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70 II* 2. 1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main university building of which only part were completed to the original design. The Great Hall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a square entrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornate frieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets (to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall rises a low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern. Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is more Byzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall with ornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, a vast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted 2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass by T R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links forming the wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. These relate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan and with similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extending behind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoed friezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The link ranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.


Listing NGR: SP0472283539

We went into the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on the Igers Birmingham UK Instameet.

Mainly to look around the Great Hall and the central domed reception area (ground floor and first floor).

Also a quick look at the nearby corridors.


Francis Corder Clayton
Born 1843 Died 1928
Trustee 1889 and Treasurer
1892-1900 of Mason College

Pro-Vice Chancellor 1900-1921
Treasurer 1900-1912 and a
generous friend & benefactor
of the University


Plaque of Francis Corder Clayton
William Bloye (1890-1975)

After 1938