New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

The Friday Photo: Aston University Sky Lifts

Posted May 31st, 2014 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 12 Comments

I need to make a couple of apologies, the first because, due to overwhelming busy-ness, my Friday Photo has slipped over into Saturday. The second apology because I can find very little information to share with you on the subject of this ...

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The Friday Photo: Letters

Posted May 23rd, 2014 by Tracey Thorne with No Comments

The Friday photo this week features one of the many cast iron green letter boxes that can be found on buildings across Birmingham. Mainly they can still be spotted in  in areas such as the Jewellery Quarter – providing a great visual ...

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The Friday Photo: Ikon Gallery

Posted May 16th, 2014 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

I seem to have had a run of red brick buildings of late but I make no apology, to me they are the most beautiful of our city’s architecture. This week is no exception with my photo of the Ikon Gallery in ...

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The Friday Photo – Kingsway Picture House

Posted May 9th, 2014 by Tracey Thorne with 1 Comment

This week the Friday photo is the window of the old Kingsway Picture House – Cinema in Kings Heath. The Picture house is typical of the style built in the 1920s it later became a Bingo Hall from the 1980s. In 2011 ...

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The Friday Photo: Singers Hill Synagogue

Posted May 2nd, 2014 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

I have walked passed this beautiful building on numerous occasions and have kept telling myself I need to document it, and now I have! The Birmingham Hebrew Congregation (Singers Hill) Synagogue is a Grade II listed building built in 1856 by Henry ...

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The Friday Photo: Selfridges Building

Posted April 25th, 2014 by Tracey Thorne with No Comments

This week we are paying homage to a much newer part of our Cities architectural heritage for the Friday photo and featuring the Selfridge building which opened in 2003 as part of a major development to the Bull Ring area of Birmingham. ...

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The Friday Photo: Highcroft Hall

Posted April 18th, 2014 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 18 Comments

Highcroft Hall is situated in Erdington and has now been converted into luxury apartments, however its history is far from glamorous. Built between 1869-1871, the hall was originally called Aston Union Workhouse and was sanctioned by the Poor Law Board for housing ...

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The Friday Photo: The Victoria Pub

Posted April 11th, 2014 by Tracey Thorne with 1 Comment

This weeks Friday photo is of the stunning Victoria Pub which sits proudly on 48 John Bright Street in the City Centre. Its a theatre pub and dates back to the 19th Century. On a sunny day the gold letting around the ...

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The Friday Photo: Gosta Green

Posted April 4th, 2014 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

I post this week’s Friday Photo with my friend and colleague Tracey Thorne in mind. For the ghost sign, rather than the building being a pub! The Gosta Green is found on the Aston University campus. The ghost sign on the side ...

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The Friday Photo: The Old Crown

Posted March 28th, 2014 by Tracey Thorne with 2 Comments

Last year the Friday photo of St Patrick’s Day featured a view from Digbeth High street looking up towards Bordesley High Street and showed The Old Crown Pub in the background.  This years St Patrick’s Day themed Friday photo features a closer ...

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