St Paul's Square, Birmingham

St Paul's Square is a Georgian square in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, England, named after the standing in its center church. He is the last remaining Georgian Square in the city.

In the years 1777-1779 on the estate Newhall Colmore family built, it was in the middle of the 19th century to an elegant and popular town, before he was swallowed several decades later by workshops and factories, with facades of some existing buildings were demolished to create space for stores and factory inputs. The place in the 1970s has been restored, and many of its buildings are now classified as "particularly significant " monuments.

Today, the St Paul's Square is a busy place to live, work and going out. In addition to numerous cafes, bars and restaurants that surround him, some residential buildings were built in its environment. The latest among them - operated by Chord Development - has 148 residential units and has a landscaped by award-winning landscape architect Alan Gardner communal courtyard alongside two new wings of an old factory building on.

Also on the St Paul's Square is the St Paul 's Club Founded in 1859 - the oldest and most exclusive private club in the English Midlands. Right next to the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists has its gallery and office space.

The place is connected via St Paul's tram stop to public transport.

St Paul 's Church

Built from 1777 to plans by Roger Eykyn from Wolverhampton on a bequeathed by Charles Colmore of land, the church was consecrated in 1779. She was the church of the first manufacturers and distributors of Birmingham - both Matthew Boulton and James Watt had their own stalls in it, which was for sale at that time.

The church has a rectangular plan and is similar to St Martin in the Fields in London. It is classified as a " building of extraordinary, some of international significance."

The spire was added in 1823 by Francis Goodwin. On the east window is an enameled glass painting of 1791, on which the conversion of Paul is shown.

Gastronomy

The St Paul's Square is a very busy place and the center of nightlife and restaurants in the Jewellery Quarter.

Gallery

St Pauls Square, No. 11-14 (right to left): " particularly significant " monuments

St Paul's Church: " extremely important " monument.