Every literature helps... TESCO LAUNCHES NEW STORE - WITH ITS OWN LIBRARY.Byline: BY BOB HAYWOOD A TESCO TESCO Tribal Electric Supply Company (Pakistan) TESCO T.E. Stockwell and Albert Cohen (founders of UK shopping chain) TESCO Tokyo Executive Search Company, Ltd. store is to set to be built in an inner city area of Birmingham - with its own public library. The supermarket giant has applied for planning permission planning permission Noun formal permission granted by a local authority for the construction, alteration, or change of use of a building planning permission n → licencia de obras for the new outlet on the site of the former Brookfields Shopping Precinct, in Ladywood. The scheme - costing around pounds 50 million - will also include eight shops and offices and six three-storey homes. The store will have a built-in public library because the only building left standing - and still open for business - on the cleared land is one of the city's lesser-known architectural gems. Spring Hill Library Spring Hill Library (grid reference SP055874) is a red brick and terracotta Victorian building in Ladywood, Birmingham, England. Designed in 1891 by Martin & Chamberlain with a 65 foot clock tower on the corner of Icknield Street and Spring Hill and opened on January 7 1893 opened in 1893 and is built of terracotta Victorian stone with a magnificent clock tower and is a Grade II listed building. Under the Tesco proposals, yet to be approved, a glazed link will be built between the supermarket and the library, along with an external lift to form a dramatic new entrance. The alterations will allow shoppers to pop in to loan a book without even leaving the supermarket. The imaginative idea has been developed because demolishing or moving one of the few remaining terracotta Victorian buildings in the city is simply out of the question. Because of its highly-protected planning status, the Tesco scheme will be very closely scrutinized by city planners. Birmingham city centre was once awash with magnificent terracotta Victorian stone buildings, of which the Victoria Law Courts in Corporation Street is perhaps the most impressive survivor. The Tesco proposals at Spring Hill also include car parking, landscaping, highway works and 'redevelopment of Birmingham Central Baptist Church to provide reconfigured and extended accommodation'. Last night, a Tesco spokesman said public consultations about the Spring Hill plan will be a priority. A city council spokeswoman said the planning application had only just been received and it was too early to say if the development is likely to be approved. bobhaywood@mrn.co.uk TOP TEN TESCO BOOKS Ham-let - William Shakespeare Chocolat - Joanne Harris Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris, born 3 July, 1964 in Barnsley, Yorkshire is a British author. Born to a French mother and an English father in her grandparents' sweet shop, her family life was filled with food and folklore. Her great grand mother was a known witch and healer . Grapes Of Wrath - John Steinbeck Tea For Two - Cathy Maxwell Whisky Galore - Compton MacKenzie Great Eggs-pectations - Charles Dickens Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistlestop Cafe ) - Fannie Flagg Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee Of Rice And Men - John Steinbeck Peyton Plaice plaice: see flatfish. plaice Commercially valuable European flatfish (Pleuronectes platessa). At most 36 in. (90 cm) long, the plaice normally has both eyes on the right side of the head and four to seven bony bumps near its eyes. - Grace Matalious |
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