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Aerial shot of Pebble Mill site

Aerial shot of PM site

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Here is an aerial photograph of the Pebble Mill site before building work began in the late 1960s. It probably dates from the early 1960s.

The Pershore Road runs diagonally from top left to middle right, with Pebble Mill Road running at right angle to it, with the two lines of trees along the middle. The Bristol Road runs diagonally across the bottom left hand corner of the photo.

The nine acre BBC Pebble Mill site has dotted diagonal lines across it, and what became the BBC sports ground was at that point owned by the brewery company, Davenports, and is separated from the main site by the Bourn Brook. The Nature Centre, on the Pershore Road, opposite Pebble Mill, has yet to be built.

Pebble Mill Sectional Elevations

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Negative, Sectional Elevations, 1971. This digital resource is available under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0 license, with kind permission of the Birmingham & Five Counties Architectural Association Trust, thanks to the Architectus project (part of the Jisc Content Programme 2011-13).

This is a cross-sectional plan of the Pebble Mill building, including the main office block, Radio Studios and TV Studio A. Also shown is the pedestrian bridge to the original foyer entrance, which later became the Pebble Mill at One foyer studio, and the link to the outside broadcast base. This drawing from 1971 came from the architect, John Madin’s offices.

The following comment was left on the Pebble Mill Facebook group:

Peter Poole: ‘Pebble Mill was great PR for the BBC. Press office often showed various groups round. I was always happy to explain the technical side of broadcasting. The general comments from the groups were very positive. Most of them left very happy to pay the TV licence. The public seems to think commercial TV is free. Every time they go shopping an extra cost is added to the goods to cover advertising. Where is BBC Four TV, radio 3 and radio 4 etc. in commercial broadcasting?’

Second Floor Plan of Pebble Mill – 1971

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Negative, Second Floor Plan, 1971. This digital resource is available under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0 license, with kind permission of the Birmingham & Five Counties Architectural Association Trust, thanks to the Architectus project (part of the Jisc Content Programme 2011-13).

This is the Second Floor Plan of the Pebble Mill building 1971, from the architect, John Madin’s office.

 

Pebble Mill – First Floor Plan 1971

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Negative, First Floor Plan, 1971. This digital resource is available under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0 license, with kind permission of the Birmingham & Five Counties Architectural Association Trust, thanks to the Architectus project (part of the Jisc Content Programme 2011-13).

This plan of the first floor of Pebble Mill is from the building architect, John Madin’s office. It shows the upper part of Studio A, and the Scene Dock, as well as the News Studio.