The Victorian Society is urging the Secretary of State to call in a recent Birmingham City Council planning approval to demolish a series of Victorian Villas on the Hagley Road and replace them with retirement flats. The Society reports on it’s website… Earlier ...
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Highbury Hall in Moseley - image by Ted and Jen on Flickr First news for the New Year from the Birmingham Conservation trust is the beginning of some work on Highbury Hall. The Highbury Trust and Birmingham City Council have asked us to ...
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The UK Association of preservation Trusts was established in 1989 to promote and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its members, Building Preservation Trusts. To celebrate its 21st anniversary, the UK Association of Building Preservation Trusts uses its latest News (issue 29) not only ...
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Imber Village from Wiltshire Heritage on flickr Ghost signs are quite a common urban feature – ghost villages though are more commonly thought of a rural. Acccording to the BBC, publishers of The Times Atlas of Britain is asking people to share their ...
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Simon Hammond is our hero of the month. Social media can have some curiously random benefits for charities. earlier this week Simon Hammond asked facebook which charity he should support for his charity roulette. As I am wont to do I chucked a ...
read moreIt probably wont surprise anyone but the number of local government officers working on building conservation and archaeology is falling and is epxected to continue to do so, according to a report published on the Historic Environment Local Management website. This report shows ...
read moreCurator Irene de Boo discusses completion of a £1.14 million facelift of Birmingham’s 13th Century Weoley Castle Ruins.
read moreThe BBC reports today that the Former Moseley School of Art is on the Victorian Societies list of the 10 most endangered Victorian buildings in England and Wales. The BBC says: The list of 10 was drawn up using nominations from members of the ...
read moreThe last outing this year for Birmingham’s enchanting history bus: From the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Website.. 3rd October 2010 – 3rd October 2010 Travel through time on our free History Bus around some of Birmingham’s finest heritage sites. Please note that this is ...
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Water fun at the Coffin Fittings Works We have been cleaning up ready to welcome visitors to the Coffin Fittings Works Open Day on Saturday, September 11th. We are at 13-15, Fleet Street and look forward to showing you round. Although we have no running ...
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