thanks rosie...at least it looks like the building will stayI saw yesterday that planning permission was being sought to convert the building into shops and flats.
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thanks rosie...at least it looks like the building will stayI saw yesterday that planning permission was being sought to convert the building into shops and flats.
Thanks for the application number Janice. Sorry state now. The earlier heritage report was interesting. I have often stood near this building waiting for a bus home from town. I just thought it was a retail business. The plan of the basement shows the railway tunnel going underneath.This is the description of the work
Listed building consent for works to form 2 no. retail units (Use Class E) at ground floor and creation of 13 no. apartments (Use Class C3) including extension and repair to roof, repair and replacement doors and windows, associated internal works and replacement shop front
If you go to the Council Planning site
and enter 2022/06692/PA as the application number you can access the planning documents for which consent was given in Aug 2022. The bit I found interesting but sad was on the second page of documents and the very last item. (it is a pdf file) Contains photos of the inside of the building. There are other files which show the outside of the building and one is a heritage report.
There are a couple of other linked applications but this seems to be the main set.
I am not posting a link as in the past they have not worked properly for the planning site.
This is the same photo that Vivienne posted in the Carrs Lane thread - post 48.Found this photograph of Powells Carrs Lane with the surrounding buildings
Thank you for letting me know, I will look at that thread. Also good for the photo to be here as it puts the Gunmakers shop in it's original setting among the other buildings on Carrs laneThis is the same photo that Vivienne posted in the Carrs Lane thread - post 48.
If you go to post no 33 on this thread for planning application details then look at the heritage report there are extensive photos of internal features of the building.I was in Albert Street today and, thanks to some recent Dale End demolition, was able to see the rear view of the Powell’s building in all its glory. The forest growing on the roof is quite impressive, and the open window in the rear roof will be great for letting in the rain and the pigeons.
A few years ago when the business closed, the Sunday Times covered this property sale with an extensive article, “property if the week“, or similar. I recall seeing internal photographs. I kept the article but can’t find it at the moment, which is the story of my life.
Interesting Pictures, it is sad that the internal building has deteriorated this much.This is the description of the work
Listed building consent for works to form 2 no. retail units (Use Class E) at ground floor and creation of 13 no. apartments (Use Class C3) including extension and repair to roof, repair and replacement doors and windows, associated internal works and replacement shop front
If you go to the Council Planning site
and enter 2022/06692/PA as the application number you can access the planning documents for which consent was given in Aug 2022. The bit I found interesting but sad was on the second page of documents and the very last item. (it is a pdf file) Contains photos of the inside of the building. There are other files which show the outside of the building and one is a heritage report.
There are a couple of other linked applications but this seems to be the main set.
I am not posting a link as in the past they have not worked properly for the planning site.
That would be George Bate Ltd. I bought a shotgun from them around 1970.When I started my first job aged 16 I saved up for a nice air rifle and bought a Webley Tracker from Powells. I soon found out there was nowhere to use it (only shooting paper targets) without people having kittens so it sat unused for a few years until I sold it. Incidentally, I recall another gun shop near to the Evening Mail building years ago…can anyone remember what it was called?
That’s the one, Steve.That would be George Bate Ltd. I bought a shotgun from them around 1970.
Steve.
oh dear...yes it is janIs this the Powell building?
Road cordoned off in city centre due to 'unsafe structure'
Carrs Lane in Birmingham has been cordoned off after concerns about the safety of a five-storey buildingwww.birminghammail.co.uk
yes mark it weakens the brickworkAll the vegetation growing on it can't be doing it any good.