Ceramic tiles cover walls and floors, roofs and pavements, furniture and stoves, and can be seen in churches, mosques, pubs, shops, hospitals and homes in Birmingham. They are often combined with other forms of ceramics such as terracotta, faience and mosaic.
Some examples include:
Moseley Road Baths
This building has a Gothic renaissance red brick and terracotta frontage, [...]
Tag Archives: Victorian Society
Ceramics in Birmingham
June 16, 2010 – 7:17 pm
Victorian Society: Endangered Buildings Appeal
May 21, 2010 – 11:15 am
Can you think of any Victorian or Edwardian buildings in the Birmingham area which may be at risk?
The Victorian Society is about to launch its annual appeal to find the nation’s most endangered historic buildings. Endangered can mean there are plans to demolish, or years of neglect are causing the building to be in danger, [...]
Lost Buildings of Birmingham by Roy Thornton
March 23, 2010 – 9:49 pm
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I was able to go to The Victorian Society’s Saving a Century exhibition at the Central Library just before it moved on to the next city. It was completely engrossing with some fantastic photography and stories both dispiriting and uplifting.
It made me realise that I know little of the buildings that Birmingham [...]
Saving a Century The Victorian Society Exhibition comes to Birmingham Library
February 17, 2010 – 5:51 pm
There’s a couple of weeks left to see an exhibition at the Birmingham Central Library which celebrates the work of the Victorian Society and the part it has played in preserving historic buildings.
The Victorian Society was formed in 1958. In 2008 it celebrated 50 years of campaigning to save some of Britain’s wonderful Victorian buildings [...]
Birmingham has 2 of Britain’s 10 most endangered Victorian Buildings
September 25, 2008 – 10:55 am
Why has Birmingham got two buildings in the Victorian Society’s list of the ten most threatened in the country? Read our latest blog post to find out which buildings they are and how they got there. Just click below.
