Island House, Birmingham: Difference between revisions

'''Island House''' was a [[Listed building#Locally listed buildings|locally listed building]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Eastside, Birmingham|Eastside]] area, with a roughly triangular footprint, and was built in 1912 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/city-park/ |title=City Park Gate, Birmingham City Park Gate, Birmingham, United Kingdom |publisher=designbuild-network |access-date=2008-06-28}}</ref> by the architect G. E. Pepper.<ref>{{cite book |last= Foster |first=Andy |title=Birmingham |series=Pevsner Architectural Guides |orig-year=2005 |year=2007 |pages=190 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-10731-9}}</ref> It was built in the Edwardian Mannerist style, ornately decorated with both Ionic and Doric decorations.<ref>http://www.brumitecture.co.uk/island-house-birmingham-100-years-of-history-demolished/ Website page titled "Island House Birmingham: 100 Years of History Demolished</ref> Originally it was designed to be used as [[office building]] and [[warehouse]] for the prominent “Messrs Churchill & Co” machine tool company. The opening ceremony of Island House was held in 1913.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brumitecture.co.uk/island-house-birmingham-100-years-of-history-demolished/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.brumitecture.co.uk}}</ref>

In early 2012 there was a campaign to save Island House, whichafter Quintain had successfully applied for permission to demolish. Permission, in principle, was given by Birmingham City Council Planning Committee on 26 January 2012. At that time, however, it emerged that there was an outstanding [[Town and Country Planning Act 1990#Section 106|Section 106 agreement]] for refurbishment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elkes |first1=Neil |title=Demolition of Birmingham city centre's Island House begins despite claims of legal agreement |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/demolition-of-birmingham-city-centres-island-9125 |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=birminghammail |date=27 January 2012}}</ref> Quintain applied for permission to vary the Section 106 agreement, but later withdrew theirthe application, claiming that since no building work had commenced they did not need to honour the Section 106 Agreement, which is only triggered when building work commenced.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}