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Although Selfridges was physically integrated with the Bullring Shopping Centre the client wanted a distinct design approach which would set the store apart from the rest of the development and become an instantly recognisable signpost for the brand. [1] The building's facade is curved, wrapping around the corner of Moor Street and Park Street.
Finds dated back to the 12th century; a ditch was discovered where the Selfridges store and Park Street car park are now situated. Archaeologists discovered that this was a boundary separating houses from a deer park in an area now occupied by Moor Street station. Rubbish discovered in the ditch was found to include fragments of misfired ...
Prior Park is a Neo-Palladian house that was designed by John Wood, the Elder, and built in the 1730s and 1740s for Ralph Allen on a hill overlooking Bath, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The house was built in part to demonstrate the properties of Bath stone as a building material.
Selfridges Building, Birmingham. Selfridge stores are known for architectural innovation and excellence, and are tourist destinations in their own right. [37] The original London store was designed by Daniel Burnham, who also created the Marshall Field's main store in his home town of Chicago.
Map of the Birmingham Metropolitan Area showing its built-up areas, morphological boundaries and catchment zones. The Birmingham Metropolitan Area is an urban agglomeration located in the West Midlands region of England with a population of around 4.3 million people, making it the second largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. [3]
Today's Moor Street station is a combination of the original station, opened in 1909 by the Great Western Railway as a terminus for local trains, and a newer Moor Street station with through platforms, a short distance from the original, which opened in 1987, replacing the original. The two were combined into one station in 2002, when the ...
Twerton Park. Bath City F.C. is the semi-professional football team. Founded in 1889, the club has played their home matches at Twerton Park since 1932. Bath City's history is entirely in non-league football, predominantly in the 5th tier. Bath narrowly missed out on election to the Football League by a few votes in 1978 [205] and again in 1985 ...
Part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset occupies an area of 220 square miles (570 km 2), two-thirds of which is green belt. [2] It stretches from the outskirts of Bristol , south into the Mendip Hills and east to the southern Cotswold Hills and Wiltshire border. [ 2 ]