Kenrick Building, Hall Street South, West Bromwich
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Kenrick Building, Hall Street South, West Bromwich
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 15 Apr 2023
This vast red brick Gothic pile was built in the 1880s as offices and stores for the cast iron founders Archibald Kenrick & Sons. It is a Grade II listed building, described on the Historic England site https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342664?section=official-list-entry , but appears to be unused and has a sign on it saying 'Haliburton House, formerly Kenrick Building'. It is a prominent landmark for travellers on the M5 motorway, which passes the site on a viaduct, just visible at the right hand side of the photo. Archibald Kenrick began casting ironware on this site by Spon Lane in the early 1790s; the Kenricks became successful businessmen and prominent local philanthropists, with a number of sites named after them, such as Kenrick Park, as explained by the West Bromwich Local History Society https://www.westbromwichhistory.com/people-places/archibald-kenrick/ . The firm is still in business in neighbouring buildings, privately owned by Spire Manufacturing and making window and door hardware; see their website, which is illustrated with an aerial photo of the buildings https://www.kenricks.co.uk/about-us-2/introduction-to-kenricks/ .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.507085
Longitude
-1.990232
