Developers eye Birminghams Gun Quarter for more student flats
Part of an industrial quarter of Birmingham being reborn as a hub for student accommodation looks set to get another halls of residence after new plans were lodged to demolish a former oil factory.
Charter House, which is situated on the corner of Legge Street and Bagot Street in the city’s Gun Quarter, would be demolished and replaced with a new block of between four and ten storeys containing 534 bedrooms in shared flats, a 3,510 sq ft convenience store and 27 bike spaces.
The building, close to Aston and Birmingham City universities, was once the home of Edgar Vaughan and Co., a company launched by an eponymous local entrepreneur during the early 20th century which manufactured fluid and lubricants until the 1990s …