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Spring Hill College @ Moseley School and Sixth Form
Heritage Open Day: Spring Hill College originally opened in 1857 as a training centre for Congregational ministers. It later became a Hydropathic baths and botanical gardens, then Moseley Barracks in 1914 and school in 1923. Tour includes Tower trips. Spring Hill College is a Grade II* Listed building and originated to train Congregational ministers in inner city Hockley but moved to this then new building in 1857. When universities opened up to non-conformists later in 19th C the College moved to Oxford in 1886 to become Mansfield College.
The old College building was acquired in 1892 by a local builder - William Ross - who converted the building to the Pine Dell Hydropathic Baths and the grounds to Moseley Botanical Gardens. that venture lasted until 1900.
Sat 14 Sep:1100-1630; Free Entry.
Spring Hill College, Wake Green Road, Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands B13 9UU
Sat 14 September
Website:
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event//spring-hill-college-moseley-school-and-sixth-form.html