Battle is on to save Birmingham Victorian factory

Conservationists call for renewed efforts to restore and reuse Grade II listed Whitemore Warehouse, in Newhall Street – via the Birmingham Mail The Grade II listed Whitemore Warehouse, in Newhall Street Conservationists have called on the council to crank-up its efforts to restore and reuse a Victorian factory before it crumbles. The city conservation panel,…

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Hotel over heritage? – Newhall Square hotel proposal

Plans have been submitted for a 195 bedroom hotel adjacent to Newhall Square, on Charlotte Street, in the Jewellery Quarter, planning application 2012/04308/PA.  The hotel forms another part of the Newhall Square development, taking in blocks C & B in the site plan below from the planning application for the Travelodge hotel in the Newhall Square…

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Elias Topping

Newhall Square (site of the former Museum of Science & Industry) Newhall Street Birmingham Project: Comprehensive mixed use development on 2.43 acre site at gateway to the city’s famous Jewellery Quarter.  Development comprises 100 bed Travelodge hotel; 10,000 sq ft office accommodation let to NSPCC; comprehensive restoration of Grade II listed building to provide office…

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NSPCC Moves into Newhall Square

RO St Bernards (ROSB) has let the remaining space at its 6-7 Newhall Square office development, in Birmingham. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has taken 7,385 sq ft at the development, for a new regional headquarters. Read more at http://www.newhallsquare.com/news/2011/02/02/square-deal/

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Education Trust moves to Newhall Street

RO St Bernards (ROSB) has let 144 Newhall Street, Birmingham, to Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT). The non-profit organisation, which is dedicated to raising educational standards, has taken the whole of the refurbished building, comprising 4,288 sq ft/398.35 sq m. The organisation works with schools, teachers, parents and the community to improve education and support young…

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Oktoberfest – 1 October 2010

Newhall Square is a vibrant new mixed use development on the site of the former Science Museum on Newhall Street. It will include a range of new and restored listed buildings set around a major new square fronting the canal. Newhall Square will form a link between the city centre and Jewellery Quarter. Photos taken…

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Made For Newhall Square

RO St Bernards (ROSB) has let the first floor of 6-7 Newhall Square, Birmingham, to Midlands Architecture and the Designed Environment (MADE). MADE is the architecture centre for the West Midlands and was established to raise the standards of architecture, landscape and urban design across Birmingham and the region. It provides design advice to public,…

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Posted 11th February 2009 by Simon Felton

The square or piazza as it is labelled on plans for the Newhall Square development will sit adjacent to the Travelodge currently under construction and provide another open space for the Jewellery Quarter and a link to the adjacent canal. Plans of the Newhall Square design are shown below with an image of the proposed…

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