This week’s Friday Photo is of a old building you may indeed recognise….Whitmore Warehouse, the site of the old Elkington and Mason Co electro-gilding and plating works. Hidden away in Newhall Square, just off Newhall Street, you can even catch a quick ...
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This weeks Friday photo, to start off December, is a festive one of Bournville Green. The Green was a important part of the original Bournville master plan, conceived as an integral focal point and green open space for the community. The renowned Christmas ...
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Surprise, surprise, for this week’s Friday Photo I chose a building in Sutton Coldfield, which has been the location of many of my photos. Located on the Birmingham Road, this pretty sixteenth-century building is now used as a antiques house, and was originally ...
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Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested. INTRODUCTION For more than 90 years, Birmingham Civic Society has championed civic pride and worked to make Birmingham a better place for its citizens, visitors and workforce. Its work involves many activities some of which ...
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I took this week’s Friday photo of one of my favourite buildings in Birmingham city centre, as it is undergoing a transformation. Number 128 New Street is a grade II-listed building and was built in 1867-69 as the head office of the ...
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This week’s Friday Photo is of the Walmley Almshouses, located in Sutton Coldfield. I pass these buildings quite often and have always been intrigiued by them. The first almshouse on this site was built in 1828, but the one in today’s photo was ...
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This weeks Friday photo is of Perrotts Folly. The red brick, grade II* listed, folly is situated on Waterworks Road in Edgbaston, overlooking Edgbaston reservoir. The author JRR Tolkein lived near by and spent much time in Birmingham growing up. The folly, along with ...
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We are delighted and proud that we have been involved with the three projects in the Jewellery Quarter that have received more than £3.25 million between them in grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The official announcement was made today. In the ...
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HERITAGE/CONSERVATION: TWO KEY POSTS IN MANAGING BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER’S TOWNSCAPE HERITAGE PROJECT Subject to Heritage Lottery funding, the Jewellery Quarter Development Trust is seeking to appoint to two posts, based in the JQ, to lead implementation of the second stage of its exciting Townscape Heritage ...
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This week, I chose the brilliant Museum of the Jewellery Quarter located on Vyse Street. This is a great little museum nestled away in Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter. The building is in fact Grade II listed, with Richard Howard-Vyse, constructing Vyse Street in ...
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