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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Nice looking job! The Heritage Officer is a key appointment for the Cathedral. The church is 300 years old in 2015, and this new role is crucial to delivering the Heritage strand of the celebrations. This would suit an individual with experience of developing ...
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Good news! The independent Birmingham Architecture Festival returns this spring, after a successful inaugural year. It will take place between Friday 23rd and Monday 26th May 2014. We are running a tour of part of it, but there is a real range of things for you ...
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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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In the heart of the Jewellery Quarter nestled in-between the rows of Jewellers shops is a factory frozen in time exhibiting traditional methods of Jewellery making and production. The building and its contents are a physical reminder of Birmingham’s industrial past and the ...
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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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I am undertaking various background research projects on the history of Newman Brothers as part of the Coffin Works research group. At our last meeting it was proposed that visitors to the new Coffin Works museum will be transported back in time ...
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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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Along with a handful of other Birmingham Conservation Trust volunteers, trustees and members – including former BCT Director Elizabeth Perkins, who started the project over a decade ago – yesterday I had the privilege of a ‘hard hat’ tour of the work ...
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The Victoria Law Courts on Corporation Street is an incredibly imposing, and stunningly beautiful building. It’s is faced in terracotta made from clay from North Wales. It is Grade I listed and is highly decorated. It may even be the most ornate ...
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