122-124 Colmore Row

122-124 Colmore Row

122-124 Colmore Row, built as the Eagle Insurance Offices and now Hudson's Coffee House, is a Grade I listed building on Colmore Row in Birmingham, England.

Completed in 1900, it was designed in an Arts and Crafts style by William Lethaby and Joseph Ball. Pevsner's "The Buildings of England" describes it as as "one of the most important monuments of the Arts and Crafts Free Style in the country".cite book|last=Foster|first= Andy|authorlink=|coauthors=|editor=|others=|title=Birmingham|series=Pevsner Architectural Guides|year=2005|publisher=Yale University Press|location=London|isbn=0300107315|pages=93-95|chapter=Colmore Row]

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* [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=216991 122 and 124 Colmore Row, B3] Images of England

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