Seen from the no 50 bus on the Moseley Road in Balsall Heath.
Another view of the Former Tram Depot.
Derelict remains of the former tram depot. Corner of Trafalgar Road.
Grade II listed offices at the front.
SP 08 SE BIRMINGHAM MOSELEY ROAD 12/10219 Office Range
GV II
Built by Lowe & Son. Red facing brick, with ashlar dressings and Westmorland slate roofs. Renaissance Revival style. Plinth, buttresses, sill band, pierced balustrade, coped gables with finials. 2 and 3 storeys, 7 window range. T -plan. Ground floor openings mainly boarded. Windows mainly have stone cross-mullions and label moulds. Projecting gabled centre has Mannerist ashlar doorcase with pilasters, brackets, cornice and sham Office range and adjoining gateways at former tram depot.1906. By FB Osborn for Birmingham Corporation. Balustrade, and moulded round arched opening with double keystone and fanlight. Above, an ashlar oriel window, 1/3/1 lights, with balustrade. Round light with keystone surround in gable above. Side ranges have regular fenestration, 3 lights, with larger windows to the first floor. Beyond the inner windows, external buttress stacks with tall, ornamented coped flues. To left, a blank single bay projection with flat roof. Attached to the corner, a square gatepier with ashlar cap and ball finial, with slot for sliding gate. Similar piers to left, and at the right corner. Left return, 3 storeys, has boarded windows on the lower floors, and 2-light window above. Chamfered corner, corbelled at first floor level. Ri~ht return, 2 storeys, has a single off-centre ground floor window, and a central 3-light window above. In the gable peak, a .round opening with keystone surround. Rear elevation has projecting central bay with chamfered corners corbelled at first floor. 2-light window to first floor, and round window in gable. To left, ground floor windows covered by late C20 shelter. To right, a single storey projection with flat roof and canted corner, and 4 windows, one a steel casement. Door to right. Above, on each side, an external corridor with rendered finish, possibly concrete, carried on cast-iron brackets and with multiple small windows matching the main range. To right, a D-shaped stair enclosure, 2 storeys, rusticated, with rendered finish and conical slate roof. Single window on each floor, and door at foot. This enclosure is metal, probably cast iron, and contains a cast iron spiral stair. Above again, two 3-light windows on each side. Between the right windows, an external stack with ornamentation, minus the flue. INTERIOR: not accessible at time of survey. This office range was an architectural showpiece for a revitalised tram service, begun in Jan. 1907. It incorporated staff recreational and cultural facilities, as well as the usual depot offices.
Listing NGR: SP0780684056
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Source: English Heritage
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Creation at the back now occupies the Grade II listed former tram depot.
Old Tram Depot (West Midlands Travel Engineering Workshops)
Listing Text
SP 08 SE BIRMINGHAM MOSELEY ROAD (East side)
12/10186 Old Tram Depot
(West Midlands Travel
Engineering Workshops)
GV II
Includes: Old Tram Depot (West Midlands Travel Engineering Workshops). TRAFALGAR ROAD
Former tram shed. now disused. 1906, with mid C20 alterations. Possibly by FB Osborn, who designed the adjacent office range. For Birmingham Corporation Tramways. Red brick with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roofs with clerestories. Baroque Revival style. Plinth. rusticated pilasters, cornice, pierced balustrade. Single storey. 6 x 9 bays. Windows, mainly boarded, are wooden framed cross casements with glazing bars. Entrance front, to Moseley Road, has elliptical arches with rusticated ashlar heads and double keystones under a continuous cornice. 3 ramped, coped gables, each containing a Oiocletian window with multiple keystones and a round window above, under a pediment. Intermediate pilasters have segmental pediments. In the centre, a narrow recess with a sculpted coat of arms, and to its left, a blank arch containing a roL d arched window. Beyond. on each side, 2 larger arches, one to left blocked, the remainder with rounder-shutter doors. To right again, a smaller blank arch with round headed window. Right return, to Trafalgar Road, has similar architectural treatment. 3 projecting bays, each with pediment and pilasters, containing a tall window, with a Oiocletian window above the cornice. Intermediate bays, divided by pilasters with segmental pediments, each contain 2 round-headed windows. The other sides of the building are common brick, blank. INTERIOR: Mainly lined with white glazed brick, and brown glazed brick dado. Angle-iron truss roof and clerestories, carried on lengthwise lattice girders and rivetted I-section stanchions. Additional single storey internal offices on Trafalgar Road side, mid C20. The tram shed was part of a showpiece service depot for a revitalised tram service begun in Jan. 1907. As part of a scheme of promotional architecture, it received more elaborate architectural treatment than other depots, though its form and construction were similar. The tram shed was adapted for use by buses in 1949, and closed in 1975.
SP 08 SE BIRMINGHAM TRAFALGAR ROAD (North side)
12/10186 Old Tram Depot
(West MidlandsTravel
Engineering Workshops)
GV II
See under: Old Tram Depot (West Midlands Travel Engineering Workshops), MOSELEY ROAD
Listing NGR: SP0785584033
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
