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{{Infobox building

| building_namename = Spring Hill Library

| image = Spring Hill Library (1).jpg

| caption = Spring Hill Library, Ladywood, Birmingham

| building_type = [[Library]]

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| ___location = [[Ladywood]], [[Birmingham]], [[England]]

| coordinates = {{coord|52|29|6.16|N|1|55|10.14|W|type:landmark}}

| completion_date = [[January 7]] [[January 1893]]

| demolition_date =

| height = {{convert|65|ft|m|0}}

| floor_count =

| main_contractor =

| architect = Frederick Martin, [[Martin & Chamberlain]]

| structural_engineer =

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| awards = [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]]

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'''Spring Hill Library''' ({{gbmapping|SP055874}}) is a [[red brick and terracotta]] [[Victorian era|Victorian]] building in [[Ladywood]], [[Birmingham]], [[England]].

Designed in [[1891]] by Frederick Martin<ref name=thornton>{{Cite book| last=Thornton|first=Roy|title=Victorian Buildings of Birmingham|publisher=Sutton Publishing Ltd|year=2006|isbn=0-7509-3857-9}}</ref> of [[Martin & Chamberlain]] with a {{convert|65|ft|m|0|adj=on|lk=on}} clock tower on the corner of Icknield Street and Spring Hill and opened on [[January 7]] [[January 1893]], it now stands next to a roundabout and surroundedlinked byvia flatteneda groundglazed whereatrium onceto ita wasnew attached(2010) toTesco buildingssuperstore. The site was previously the ___location for the turnpike gate house for Icknield Street.<ref>{{cite book |author=John Young Walker MacAlister |coauthorsauthorlink=John Young Walker MacAlister |author2=Alfred William Pollard |authorlink2=Alfred W. Pollard |title=The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society |pages=199 |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1891 |page=199}}</ref>

Still in use as a Birmingham branch library, it is a [[listed building|gradeGrade II* listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1076161 |desc=Spring Hill Public Library|grade=II* |accessdate=27 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1076161 |desc=Details and photograph |accessdate=27 October 2006}}</ref>

A proposal to construct a [[Tesco]] [[supermarket]] to the rear of the building includes the construction of a glazed corridor to connect the two structures.

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ImageFile:Spring Hill Library (7).jpg
File:Spring Hill Library arms of Birmingham.jpg|Arms of Birmingham

ImageFile:Spring Hill Library interior of roof.jpg|The ceiling, with curved iron girders concealed (unusual for [[Martin & Chamberlain]])

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==ReferencesNotes==

{{Reflist}}

==References==

*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=15511&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=260 Birmingham Libraries – History of Spring Hill Library]

*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=15519&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=260 Spring Hill Architecture – article by Joe Holyoak 1974]

*Pictures of Spring Hill Library in context with neighbouring buildings: [http://www.search.birminghamimages.org.uk/Search.aspx?PageIndex=1&DateFrom=0&DateTo=2016&Keyword=Spring+Hill+Library Search for "Spring Hill Library"] from [http://www.search.birminghamimages.org.uk/search.aspx Birmingham Images]

*{{Digital-Ladywood|Spring Hill Library|pictures of Spring Hill Library in context with neighbouring buildings}}

*{{IoEentry|217643|Details and photograph from Images of England site}}

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