St Mary's Church Moseley from Ell R Brown on flickr (click on the picture for the original) Two types of conservationists are powering up for a confrontation over a church roof in Moseley in Birmingham. The very successful SusMo (Sustainable Moseley) is looking ...
read moreJewellery Quarter Video from Jewellery Quarter on Vimeo. To be found on the revamped site for the Jewellery Quarter Regeneration Partnership. Thanks to both Created in Birmingham and Brian Simpson for spotting this. Does it do the job for you? How else could ...
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Gas Retort House, image from wikipedia. Earlier this month the homeless charity Crisis reported that they have secured a two million pound investment from the Department of Communities and Local Government to help turn the Grade II* former Retort House in Gas Street ...
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Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath and the Red Lion Pub in Handsworth have made it onto a list of the Victorian Society’s 10 most endangered buildings in the UK. The list was a product of a public vote and campaign. As ...
read moreWe should have linked to this wonderful resource from the Birmingham Heritage Forum a while ago. It is a google map of heritage sites in the city: View Larger Map
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A surprising piece by Paul Dale on the Birmingham Post blog (link here) about how the council views the possibility of the current Central Library (above) being listed. It seems Clive Dutton the director of regeneration would demolish it regardless of ...
read moreEnglish Heritage will be be featuring Highbury Park in a new publication on Pulhamite. I tell you this because we all need to enrich our lives with a better understanding of Pulhamite – so please have a look at the excellent ...
read moreMartin Mullaney has popped up the city council report on the listed swimming baths on Moseley Road. Rather than aim to keep both pools working the recommendation is to re-open the larger pool (currently closed) and to use the other space for ...
read moreThe £35m re-working of the town hall is attracted some attention, especially from photographers using the internet website flickr to display their pics. The shot above is from focalplane, who says: (more…)
read more[youtube]yv2Yxk5Eegg[/youtube] This video is well worth a few minutes of your time. In it Cllr Martin Mullaney (a fomer trustee of the Birmingham Conservation Trust) takes us on a tour of the Grade II Moseley Road Tram depot offices – now empty ...
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