Buildings A

Place	Building and Architect(s)	Date and other details
	Mystery building	1904. It was ordered that the seal of the Company be affixed to a contract for supply of terra cotta to Mr. Thomas Mason dated 12^th October 1904. Does anybody recognise these details?
	Albert Hall. Unknown location.	1908. The Managing Director reported as to cause of unavoidable delay in completion of terra cotta contract for Albert Hall and was instructed as to replying to the Architects letter of 7^th instant. (More research needed.
Aberdeen	Beach Improvement Scheme	On 1927 stock list
Apperley, Gloucestershire?	Church	1896 approx.. The General Manager reported the following additional contracts arranged for terracotta - … Apperley Church.
Bambury	MEB	Atual modeller identified it as a Gibbs & Canning
Barnsley, South Yorkshire	Three Cranes Hotel	1929 + 30 listed in stock lists. More research needed.
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Cundy Cross	New Hotel	On 1926 stock list. More research needed.
Beckenham Rural Council	terra cotta	1899 - It was ordered that a contract with the Beckenham Rural Council for the supply of terra cotta and a bond for the due performance thereof be sealed.
Belfast, Northern Ireland	McCann’s	1915, includes fruit and bellflower motifs and circular disks. Where was this? Is it still standing?
Beverley, East Yorkshire	St. John’s Church, Smith, Broderick & Lowther	1897 Gothic in style
Beverley, East Yorkshire	Baptist Church by Garside & Pennington, Messrs (Image courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service. Document reference C981/22/1)	Grey Dragged Face Terracotta
Bilston, West Midlands, Church Street	shops	On 1931 stock list. More research needed.
Birmingham	Offices & Premises, Newton & Cheatle	Photograph in pre 1914 brochure. Not known if building still exists or where it was.
Birmingham	Russel Court	1900-2 Nothing yet know about this.
Birmingham	Royal Oak	Mentioned in 1928 stock list, required a fair amount of stock.
Birmingham	Midland Counties Dairy Extensions	mentioned in 1932 stick list
Birmingham	St. Stephen’s Church	1895 approx. Contract accepted at a tender of £131-19-0
Birmingham	Whitehead’s Premises	1896 approx The General Manager reported the following additional contracts arranged for terracotta - Whitehead’s premises, Birmingham, £139, …
Birmingham	Hutton St. Schools	1895 approx. More research needed.
Birmingham, Summer Hill Terrace	Catholic and Apostolic Church	Pre 1881. Very interesting building. Gibbs and Canning included it in their advertisments.
Birmingham, Aston	Star Hotel	Mentioned in 1926 stock list. Required a large amount of stock. More research needed.
Birmingham, Aston	Corporation Fire Station	The photograph in the pre 1914 brochure shows a previous building to the one there now
Birmingham, Aston	Corporation Fire Station	1934. Each side of the large doors for the fire engines has pillars. The central block included windows with ornamentation. Includes the coat of arms of Birmingham. A Tamworth Herald newspaper article tells how Gerald Hastilow, apprentice draughtsman, was the model for the arm on the Birmingham crest.
Birmingham, Aston, Whitehouse Street	The Albion Public House	Two storey building with white faience for lower half. Situated on a corner, with a post box and Bolisha beacon on the pavement outside. Demolished?
Birmingham, Aston, Witton Road, B6 6EG (at the junction of Prestbury Road and Witton Road)	Sacred Heart & St. Margaret Mary RC Church by Harrison and Cox	1920 …The tower has been built by Messrs. Thos. Watton and sons of Tamworth, from designs by Mr. Geo. Bernard Cox, F.R.I.B.A., of Birmingham, the architect of the original building, which was opened in 1922…
Birmingham, Balsall Heath	Electric Sub-station by Harper	1906. Location not yet discovered.
Birmingham, Balsall Heath, Moseley Road	Balsall Heath & Moseley Institute (Cadbury Institute), Hale, William	pre 1900 (Gibbs & Canning Ltd. Illustrated Price List, February 1900) Heads of William Shakespeare & Michaelangelo in roundels on exterior of building. Scenes from Macbeth on interior?
Birmingham, Blackheath	U.M. Sunday School Extensions	Listed in 1932 stock list, a small amount stated. More research needed.
Birmingham, City Centre	Victoria Law Courts interior by Webb, Sir Aston and Bell, Ingress	1887-91. Buff lining to the interior, & the Birmingham Coat of Arms.
Birmingham, City Centre,	Autoways Garage	1931 Where was it?
Birmingham, City Centre, Bradford Street	Corporation Meat Markets by Essex, Nichol and Goodman	1897 Demolished
Birmingham, City Centre, Bristol Street	The Broadway by Bradley, H. G.
Birmingham, City Centre, Bromsgrove St.	The Wellington, a Holt’s Public House	Upper storey very much decorated with terracotta strings, pilasters.
Birmingham, City Centre, Corporation Street	Methodist Central Hall by Harper, E & J	1900-03. Allegories of Methodist Teaching, panel over the entrance, Events in the Life of John Wesley, and probably the rest of the terracotta.
Birmingham, City Centre, Corporation Street numbers 179-203	Ruskin Buildings, Harper, Ewan & James	1900-1902A bulky symmetrical building in red brick covered with a grid of buff terracotta bays. The effect of the building depends on the build-up of the massive central gable, & on the orderly concentration of detail. The detail itself - wreaths & babies’ heads-is very routine, perhaps from Gibbs & Cannings’ catalogue (The Victorian Society, tiles & terracotta in Birmingham, Nov. 1975) Photos The shield-bearing animals near the top of the building seem to be almost identical to those on Spanish Place, London, which is definitely by Gibbs and Canning.
Birmingham, City Centre, Dale End	Unknown Premises by Harper	1906. Almost certainly demolished.
Birmingham, City Centre, Great Hampton Street	Lloyds Bank	Mentioned in Gibbs and Canning advertising. More research needed.
Birmingham, Hatchett Street?	Havergal? House	Mentioned in 1926 stock list, for a small amount of stock. more information needed.
Birmingham, City Centre, Newhall St.(no.59) at junction with Cornwall St.	Doctor’s Surgery & Accommodation, Essex, Nichol & Goodman	1897 Built as a doctor’s waiting & consulting room & later extra floor added at Cornwall Street end with a blank façade.
Birmingham, City Centre, Suffolk Street	Technical Schools by Messrs Essex, Nicol and Goodman	1895. Demolished.
Birmingham, City Centre, Summer Lane	Electric Sub Station by Harper, Ewan and Brothers	1902-3. The Castle Archives photograph shows that the best part of the building has been demolished.
Birmingham, Corporation Street	County Buildings, Dean’s Premises by Crauch, Joseph and Butler, Edmund	1896/7 Highly decorated exterior with frieze and also with statue on top.
Birmingham, Digbeth High Street	Digbeth Institute by Harrison, Arthur	1907. Allegorical figures, in grey terracotta, each 1.65m high. A lot of ornate terracotta round the windows and on the towers.
Birmingham, Edgebaston, Vernon Road, B16 9SL	St. Pauls Grammar School for Girls by Sandy, H. T.	1908. This school is beautifully decorated with buff terracotta. The central doorway is in an elaborately decorated porch with an arch over it. This decoration is repeated on the floor above, including the arch decoration.
Birmingham, Handsworth, 46a Holyhead Road	Albion Picture Palace	1915.
Birmingham, Handsworth, Friary Road	Handsworth Methodist College AKA Handsworth Technical College and Handsworth Halls of Residence by Ball and Goddard	1881 The main front has a central embattled tower, with much decoration in buff terracotta.
Birmingham, Harbourne	Harbourne Wharf	1895 May refer to a wharf on Dudley number 2 canal which ran alongside Harbourne Lane. Demolished?
Birmingham, Olton, Warwick Road	Olton Cinema	1933. Opened October 1933. Demolished in 1972.
Birmingham, Small Heath	The Coronet by Bradley, H. G.	1922. Opened in 1922 by film actress Margo Grahame.
Blackpool, Lancashire	5 Boarding Houses	Listed in 1934 stock list. More research needed
Bolton, Manchester	Lloyds Bank	Listed in 1927 stock list as a large quantity. More research needed
Bridlington, Humberside	New Bus Station	Listed in 1934 stock list. More research needed.
Bristol, Colston Street, Avon, BS1 5AQ	Colston Hall by Foster and Wood	1867. The building was rebuilt in 1900, but how much of the Gibbs and Canning work was lost is not yet known. Grade II listed.
Bradford, West Yorkshire	Alhambra Theatre by Chadwick and Watson of Leeds	1914. External surfaces are finished with white faience.
Bromley, London Borough or South Yorkshire, or West Midlands ???	Schools	1896 More research needed to find which schools these could be and which Bromley it was.
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire	Barnsley Hall Asylum	1903. Now developed as housing. The main building and chapel still remain. Previously there was an ornate water tower as well.
Burnley, Lancashire	Redmonds & Fletcher	Listed in 1928 stock list. more research needed
Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire	Burslem & District Ind. Co-operative Society	Built on the corner of a street with a tower and dome at the corner. (Photo in Tamworth Castle Archives)