If you’ve ever visited the Jewellery Quarter, you almost have certainly passed the Fattorini building located on Regent Street. Impressively, after nearly two-hundred years in business, it’s still owned by the Fattorini family. Antonio Fattorini moved to England from Italy, and set ...
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Nestled away on Albion Street in the Jewellery Quarter, you might miss this little, unassuming building. I visited The George and Dragon Pub just two weeks ago for the first time, and what intrigued me, other than the building itself, was its literary ...
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Birmingham Conservation Trust has been working with Birmingham City Council to form a new independent ‘Chamberlain Highbury Trust’, which will take over the role of managing the Highbury Estate. If you follow our blog, you will be aware that back in September we ...
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This week’s Friday photo is of a building that most people certainly pass every day if they happen to work in the city centre. Formerly the Midland Bank, and located on Bennetts Hill, it is now a popular, bustling and busy bar, ...
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We have a vacancy for a new team member at our award-winning Coffin Works, home to the highly rated Newman Brothers museum. Please forward to anyone you think may be interested. Do you have excellent customer service skills? Are you a practical problem-solver? ...
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Happy New Year to everybody! For the first Friday Photo of the year, I chose a building in the city that is probably often overlooked. Also, my camera broke last week, so you’re going to have to settle for a good old ...
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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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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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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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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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