This week’s Friday photo is of a JQ favourite located on Caroline Street. Formally the Reliance Works of Pickering & Mayell Ltd, this property dates from 1826 and was originally constructed as a pair of houses with rear workshops. Spot the beautifully-preserved ...
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Today’s Friday photo is St David’s Church, Shenley. Distinctive with its concrete Brutalist style exterior, St David’s was building during 1969-70. It was designed by the Bournville Village Trust architects, under the direction of Selby Clewer, a chief architect at the organisation, who had also ...
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Today’s Friday photo is of part of the Perry Barr flyover. The new road network along the Birchfield road was constructed between 1962-71 with a system of under and overpasses giving priority to cars and allowing them to fast track into Birmingham centre. By the ...
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Cathedral Church of St Philip in Birmingham If the heat gets too much for you today, comfort yourself with this chilly view of St Philip’s Cathedral from 3rd March 2018. Not even a pigeon to be seen. St Philip’s was built in 1715 as ...
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Today’s Friday photo (and yet another water tower!) is Warley water tower. The tower was built in 1939/1940 on a site that stands opposite Warley Woods public parkland. The parkland was designated and opened in 1906 after a campaign to save it from being developed for ...
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In a street plan of rectangles, City Arcade cuts a line between Union Street and Union Passage at a curious angle. I had always imagined this was from building on an existing boundary or street. Instead, it turns out to be a ...
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Yep. I’m still in the Jewellery Quarter which is probably to be expected by now. I will venture out of its boundaries soon – I promise. This week’s Friday Photo is definitely a building you’ve most likely walked past but maybe never looked ...
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Today’s Friday photo is of Woodlands Park Hall. The hall was built as part of the Bournville Tenants estate and was opened in November 1909 by George Cadbury. In its early years it was used as a school for younger children. The ...
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Bishop Asbury Cottage, Great Barr It’s a tiny brick cottage, built c.1700 and used as a family home until the 1950s. It was home to Francis Asbury between 1746 and 1771. You probably don’t know his name but millions know him as Bishop Asbury, an Englishman ...
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So, you’ve guessed it! I am back in the Jewellery Quarter. Yes, I know I need to mix things up a bit, but two weeks ago, I had the chance to go on top of the Big Peg roof and photograph our ...
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