Photo: Golden Lion, 2025. One of Birmingham’s most distinctive and historic buildings, the Golden Lion, is set to undergo major restoration work to stabilise the building through essential and urgent repairs. Originally from Deritend High Street and dating back to the 17th century, this ...
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Birmingham Conservation Trust (BCT) is pleased to announce the appointment of a Lead Consultant, Oliver Architecture, to undertake the feasibility study and identification of urgent works for the Golden Lion in Cannon Hill Park. Over the next three months Oliver Architecture will ...
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Birmingham Conservation Trust (BCT) is a building preservation trust, which means that it’s an organisation whose main aims include the preservation and regeneration of historic buildings. That’s exactly what it did with the Coffin Works back in 2024; it was brought it back ...
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Historic England has offered a £32,008 project development grant to Birmingham Conservation Trust to begin the process of bringing one of Birmingham’s most neglected, but highly significant assets back into use. The Golden Lion Inn situated in Cannon Hill Park has been abandoned ...
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We just wanted to reflect on one of our past trustees, Iain Davies, who died last month. Iain joined the board as a volunteer director in 2005 and worked with us for six years. He really enjoyed history and historical buildings and Birmingham. It ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the former home of Suffragette and trade unionist, Julia Varley. A Birmingham Civic Society blue plaque was erected on the house in Hay Green Lane, Bournville in her honour. In 1909 she established a branch of the National Federation of ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the former Rednal Library. Designed by Benjamin Bower and built in 1909, it is another of Birmingham’s Carnegie library buildings. Andrew Carnegie provided the funds for the erection of the building, and the purchase money for the land ...
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Today’s Friday photo is Northfield Library in South Birmingham, another of the ‘Carnegie libraries’ funded by Andrew Carnegie the Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist. The land was given by George Cadbury and the foundation stone laid in 1906. The original library building and its contents, including 1,500-1,600 books, ...
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Cycling is one of the things I have taken up in lockdown and that means exploring our wonderful city is much easier and actually, more enjoyable! So, a few weeks ago, armed with my camera and a water bottle (as it was ...
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Last Week was the University of Birmingham’s (UoB) 120th Birthday! On 25 May 1900, Queen Victoria gave royal assent to the Birmingham University Act. Birmingham University was the first red brick university in the country – the first independent civic university ...
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