HOLLAND W. HOBBISS

'Holland W. Hobbiss' was an architect in the Birmingham area of England. He also traded under the name ''Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners'', and ''Holland W. Hobbiss and M. A. H. Hobbiss''. His signature brick pattern was English garden wall bond with three rows of stretchers between each row of headers.

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He designed:

★ Chemical Engineering Building, University of Birmingham, 1960 (''Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners'')''The Buildings of England: Warwickshire'', Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 2003, ISBN 0-300-09679-8

★ Christ Church, Burney Lane, Washwood Heath, 1935

★ Edgbaston High School for Girls, 1960 (''Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners'')

★ Fox and Goose pub, Washwood Heath, 1913

★ Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, Foundation Offices.

★ The Guilds of Students, University of Birmingham, 1928-30. Extended 1948-51 and 1960.

★ Holy Cross church, Brigfield Road, Billesley Common, 1937

★ King Edward's School, 1937-47. He rebuilt and clad with brick the upper corridor of the New Street (Charles Barry) King Edward's school as the current chapel, 1952-3. Chapel listed .

★ King Edward VI High School for Girls, 1937-47.

★ Pitmaston Court, formerly the Ideal Benefit Society Building, Goodby Road, Edgbaston, 1930-1. Listed grade II in 2002

★ Queens College, Somerset Road, Edgbaston. Residential block and lodge 1929-30, chapel 1938-47

★ St Edmund, Reddings Lane, Tyseley, 1939-40

★ St Francis' Hall, University of Birmingham, 1936. Extended 1968-9.

★ St Giles, Church Road, Rowley Regis, 1923 with A. S. Dixon. ''The Buildings of England: Worcestershire'', Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p89

★ St Mark's Church House, Washwood Heath, 1909-10

★ St Mary and St John, Alum Rock Road, 1934-5

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