Roundhouse Birmingham excursions on maintain amid sudden closure | EUROtoday

A landmark heritage web site in Birmingham has closed all of the sudden and stated growing prices had offered monetary challenges.

Roundhouse Birmingham knowledgeable prospects its metropolis and canal excursions have been cancelled by way of a Facebook submit on Wednesday.

It stated prospects who had already booked excursions would obtain a refund and apologised for the inconvenience.

The charity’s web site stated the horseshoe-shaped Grade II* listed constructing, on Sheepcote Street, is closed with solely the restaurant open as per its typical hours.

A spokesperson stated all excursions and actions have been being paused whereas they carried out a overview of leisure actions.

“While the visitor programme of guided walks, kayak tours and boat trips has been well received, increasing costs outside our control have presented some financial challenges,” they added.

“Other parts of the building are used as office space or let to local business tenants which are unaffected by the review and will remain open as usual, including the Ristorante Café Arena.”

Roundhouse Birmingham is a heritage enterprise and unbiased charity which takes care of the constructing and makes use of it as a base for excursions and actions.

The charity was created by a partnership between Canal & River Trust and the National Trust in an try to discover a new and sustainable goal for the Roundhouse.

The constructing was constructed within the nineteenth Century as a stables and shops and was restored from 2013.

According to the Canal & River Trust, the constructing was initially designed and inbuilt 1874 by Birmingham based mostly architect W.H. Ward for the Public Works Department and as a part of a large metropolis enchancment plan.

The BBC has contacted the Canal & River Trust for remark.