New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

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We often have a number of projects on the go at once, all of various shapes and sizes.  Currently we are actively working on Newman Brothers Coffin Fittings Works as our major project and we have just completed a detailed draft Options Appraisal for the Highbury estate in Moseley, which will be going out for consultation soon.  The City Council have just approached us about assisting with a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for the restoration of Moseley Road Baths  and we are investigating the possibility of acquiring a small but highly decorative semi-derelict cemetery chapel in Yardley.

However we maintain our interest in a number of other buildings, including Curzon Street Station and Christopher Wray’s former premises, both in the rapidly changing Eastside area. We are also in discussion with the Council about two significant historic buildings in Erdington – Rookery House and Pype Hayes Hall, both in need of major repairs and sustainable new futures.

If you know of a particular historic building at risk that you would like us to look at please do e mail us at elizabeth.perkins@birmingham.gov.uk.