King Edward's School, Edgbaston

Holland W. Hobbiss was an architect in the Birmingham area of England. He also traded under the name Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners, and Holland W. Hobbiss and M. A. H. Hobbiss. His signature brick pattern was English garden wall bond with three rows of stretchers between each row of headers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2326x1174, 496 KB) Summary King Edwards School, Birmingham, England. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2326x1174, 496 KB) Summary King Edwards School, Birmingham, England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and Brick is an artificial stone made by forming clay into rectangular blocks which are hardened, either by burning in a kiln or sometimes, in warm and sunny countries, by sun-drying. ... When laying bricks, the manner in which the bricks overlap is called the bond. ...

Works

He designed:

• Chemical Engineering Building, University of Birmingham, 1960 (Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners)^[1]
• Christ Church, Burney Lane, Washwood Heath, 1935^[1]
• Edgbaston High School for Girls, 1960 (Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners)
• Fox and Goose pub, Washwood Heath, 1913
• Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, Foundation Offices.
• The Guilds of Students, University of Birmingham, 1928-30. Extended 1948-51 and 1960.
• Holy Cross church, Brigfield Road, Billesley Common, 1937^[1]
• King Edward's School, 1937-47. He rebuilt and clad with brick the upper corridor of the New Street (Charles Barry) King Edward's school as the current chapel, 1952-3. Chapel listed ^{Grade II*}.
• King Edward VI High School for Girls, 1937-47.
• Pitmaston Court, formerly the Ideal Benefit Society Building, Goodby Road, Edgbaston, 1930-1. Listed grade II in 2002
• Queens College chapel, Somerset Road, Edgbaston, 1938-47
• St Edmund, Reddings Lane, Tyseley, 1939-40^[1]
• St Francis' Hall, University of Birmingham, 1936. Extended 1968-9.
• St Giles, Church Road, Rowley Regis, 1923 with A. S. Dixon.^[2]
• St Mark's Church House, Washwood Heath, 1909-10
• St Mary and St John, Alum Rock Road, 1934-5^[1]

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} The Buildings of England: Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 2003, ISBN 0-300-09679-8
2. ^ The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p89

Sources

• Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5