Bought for £1, the mysterious tower that inspired JRR Tolkien
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Clifford Armion
le 29/01/2013
Activer le mode zenMaev Kennedy
It wasn't the most promising of pitches: when Ben Bradley suggested that a homeless charity buy a derelict, windblown Georgian tower in a poor district of Birmingham he expected, and got, some blank looks.The building is spectacular but perilous. It sways slightly in strong wind and its seven rooms – one on each storey – are the size of a hearth rug. But, said Bradley: "As it turned out, my CEO is a Tolkien fanatic, and so the deal was done."
The Trident Reach the People charity paid £1, and became proud owners of one of the oldest and most eccentric structures in Birmingham, a building better known in Japan than it is on the other side of the city.
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"Bought for £1, the mysterious tower that inspired JRR Tolkien", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), janvier 2013. Consulté le 23/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/bought-for-1-the-mysterious-tower-that-inspired-jrr-tolkien