Spring Hill College @ Moseley School and Sixth Form

Spring Hill College is a Grade II* Listed building and originated to train Congregational ministers in inner city Hockley but moved to this then new building in 1857. When universities opened up to non-conformists later in 19th C the College moved to Oxford in 1886 to become Mansfield College.

The old College building was acquired in 1892 by a local builder - William Ross - who converted the building to the Pine Dell Hydropathic Baths and the grounds to Moseley Botanical Gardens. that venture lasted until 1900. After a long period of vacancy, the College was requestioned in 1914 to become Moseley Barracks, the home and first training base for the Third Birmingham Pals Battalion before they were eventually sent to the front in France and Belgium.

In 1917 a children's home run by The Sisters of Nazareth was relocated from Northfield to the college after their own building had been bombed. They occupied the building until 1921, when it became Springfield College a teacher training college for disabled ex-service men. With an increasing demand for secondary education, it was acquired by the City Council in 1923 to be school for boys, becoming a Grammar School in 1939, and amalgamating in 1974 with Moseley Modern School next door to become the large mixed comprehensive school it is today.

Much of the original interior and exterior remains while the building has to function as part of a busy school today. The old library, corridors and impressive Tower are the key features.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 14 September:

1100-1630

Location & directions

Spring Hill College, Wake Green Road, Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 9UU

Directions:

Car Parking will be signposted.

Contact on day:

Richard Graham Cobb

Telephone number:

+447802722867

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Disabled access limited to ground floor only

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

20

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s)

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