The former Co-op Building
Lichfield Street
The whole facade is covered in white faience. The
history of this building, and its context in the history of the
Wolverhampton and District Co-operative Society, can be found in Ned
Williams, The Co-op in Birmingham and the Black Country, Uralia Press,
1993. The core of this building dates from 1929-31 but it was
extensively rebuilt and the present frontage added in work which started
in 1938 but was interrupted by World War II "and work on the
frontage was not able to resume until 1950". So the precise date
of the faience is in doubt but it does not matter that much - the result
is pure 30s.
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