Where is The School Yard?

The School Yard is at 106 High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9NJ

 

In brief

Built as Harborne School for the Harborne School Board in 1885. It was by Martin & Chamberlain. After the school closed it became the Clock Tower Community Education Centre. It was converted by 2014 for use with restaurants and cafes, and is now known as The School Yard.

The School Yard, Harborne (April 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

 

The School Yard, Harborne - History

Built by the Harborne School Board (Staffordshire) on the corner of York Street and High Street in Harborne.

The School Yard, Harborne (April 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The Harborne School was mainly a primary school for girls, built in 1885 by the architects Martin & Chamberlain.

There is also a suggestion that it dates to 1881 by J. P. Sharp & Co.

The School Yard, Harborne (December 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

After the school closed it became the Clock Tower Community Education Centre, owned by Birmingham City Council (until the council sold it in 2010-11).

It's been a Grade II listed building since July 1982.

White Horse and The School Yard, Harborne (April 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

It was converted into The School Yard between 2011 and 2014, and is next to the White Horse public house on York Street.

Original tenants included Prezzo (until 2020), Boston Tea Party, the Urban Coffee Company (until 2015) and the Harborne Food School.

White Horse and The School Yard, Harborne (April 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Boston Tea Party is the only tenant here to still running their café here, as of 2023.

Boston Tea Party - The School Yard, Harborne (January 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

There is a black plaque on the building from The Harborne Society for Hugh Morton MB CH B General Practitioner 1898 - 1979.

Dr Morton probably had his GP practice at Clock Tower Community Education Centre in the middle of the 20th century.

Hugh Morton GP plaque - The School Yard, Harborne (December 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

If walking up Vivian Road from Harborne Park Road. there is a view of the clock tower with the Five Ways Clock Tower and the Rotunda.

Skyline from Vivian Road - The School Yard, Harborne (October 2019). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Further up, the clock tower can be seen with the Rotunda and Beetham Tower, close to Waitrose.

Skyline from Vivian Road - The School Yard, Harborne (October 2019). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

As of 2023, you can go to Holy Moly, Boston Tea Party or Drunken Tiger. As well as the Harborne Food School.