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Friday Photo: Steelhouse Lane Lock Up

Posted August 11th, 2017 by Ellie Gill with No Comments

Today’s Friday photo is the Steelhouse Lane Lock Up. It was taken during a fascinating open day organised by Hidden Spaces and the West Midlands Police; (for those of us who had never been there before!) we were shown how the police ...

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The Cadbury Barn: loved and lost

Posted August 7th, 2017 by BCT moderator with No Comments

The ‘Cadbury Barn’, in Manor Farm Park. The Cadbury Barn, Manor Park   Almost three years to the day since George and Elizabeth Cadbury’s former home in Manor Park was burnt down, the iconic building that has become known as the ‘Cadbury Barn’ was also ...

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Friday Photo: Victorian Public Convenience, Livery Street/Lionel Street.

Posted August 4th, 2017 by Julie Webb with No Comments

Today’s Friday Photo is a cast iron Victorian Urinal built in an Arch of Snowhill Railway Bridge, positioned on the corner of Livery Street and Lionel Street. The structure is grade II listed, but as seen in the photo, it has been ...

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Friday Photo- Lightwoods House 

Posted July 28th, 2017 by Anne-Marie Hayes with 1 Comment

Although, this post says it’s by Anne-Marie Hayes, I’m in fact an imposter, because this is Dave Evetts’ first ever Friday Photo post for Birmingham Conservation Trust, and it’s a good one! Lightwoods House in Bearwood faces Harborne across Hagley Road West. Originally built ...

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Friday Photo- The Grosvenor Room at the Grand Hotel

Posted July 23rd, 2017 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

  You may remember a couple of years ago, I did a Friday Photo on the Grand’s exterior. Well, this week I had the opportunity to go inside the Grand Hotel’s Grosvenor Room, which is a stunning and ornate ball room with the ...

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Friday Photo: Our Lady Help of Christians

Posted July 16th, 2017 by Ellie Gill with No Comments

This weeks Friday photo is Our Lady Help of Christians in Tile Cross. Sadly the Architect Richard Gilbert Scott passed away earlier this month, so I thought it would be fitting to post this picture of one of the two Roman Catholic ...

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Friday Photo: The Moat House Sutton Coldfield

Posted July 7th, 2017 by Julie Webb with No Comments

Today’s Friday photo is the Grade II* listed Moat House situated on the Lichfield Road in Sutton Coldfield. It designed and built circa 1680 by the architect Sir William Wilson (1641-1710), who had been a student of Sir Christopher Wren. Wilson actually ...

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Friday Photo- Summer Lane

Posted June 30th, 2017 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

I took this photo on a sunny morning in February of this year, and I just thought it had so much potential to be brought back to life. But it got me thinking about what this part of the city used to ...

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Friday Photo: St Michael and All Angels’ Church

Posted June 23rd, 2017 by Ellie Gill with No Comments

Today’s Friday photo is of the sleepy little church of St Michael and All Angels in Cofton Hackett. A church is believed to have existed on this same site from the 12th century, possibly first built as a chapel for a manor house. ...

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Friday Photo: Collingwood Centre, Pheasey.

Posted June 17th, 2017 by Julie Webb with 1 Comment

Today’s Friday photo is the Collingwood Centre in Pheasey, Great Barr. The Pheasey estate was built by Henry Boot for The First National Housing Trust from 1937. The estate was built on farmland (Pheasey Farm) that was originally in the Scott family ...

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