CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE

'Chamberlain Square' is a public open space in central Birmingham, England (), named after Joseph Chamberlain.
Its features include:

★ Birmingham Central Library

★ Paradise Forum (beneath the reference library)

★ Birmingham Council House (side elevation)

★ Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

★ Birmingham Town Hall (rear elevation)

★ The Chamberlain Memorial (a grade II listed monument)

★ A BBC Big Screen

★ Connection to Victoria Square.
and statues of:

★ Joseph Priestley

★ James Watt

★ Thomas Attwood by Sioban Coppinger and Fiona Peever, 1993. The bronze statue sits, having left his plinth, and scattered his bronze pages, on the steps.
The statue of James Watt was originally located on Paradise Street next to the Town Hall. The Joseph Priestley statue was originally located in Victoria Square (then called Council House Square).
The sweeping curve of the steps of the library forms an amphitheatre, and so the square is used for public events.

Contents

Photo gallery

Sources

Photo gallery

Sources

★ ''Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham'', Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5