2023
SP0091 : Kenrick & Jefferson Building, West Bromwich
taken 2 years ago, near to West Bromwich, Sandwell, England
Kenrick & Jefferson Building, West Bromwich
Like many buildings at this end of West Bromwich High Street this one is very grand, very Victorian, and in a poor state of repair. Six years ago it was boarded up and sprouting buddleia SP0091 : Former offices of Kenrick and Jefferson, West Bromwich and not much has changed since. It is a Grade II listed building; the listing can be found at the Historic England site Link
. It was another corner of the local Kenrick family empire (see SP0089 : Kenrick Building, Hall Street South, West Bromwich), and was built in 1883 as the headquarters of their newspaper, the West Bromwich Free Press. It is a fine building in red brick and terracotta in a Renaissance style.