New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Winterbourne House Edwardian Fete – on today.

Posted May 23rd, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 2 Comments

Morris dancing at Winterbourne House in Birmingham - picture thanks to Katchooo on flickr Click here to see a wonderful set of photographs taken by Katchooo of her visit to the Edwardian Fete at the newly reopened Winterbourne House. She described it as ...

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Edwardian Arts and Craft house restored in Birmingham

Posted May 3rd, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 2 Comments

Winterbourne House From the 1st May Winterbourne House is now open to the public after being restored to its Edwardian splendour. Winterbourne House and garden is an example of an Edwardian Arts and Crafts property on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston Campus, 15 ...

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Eclipsed: The dark side of the Lunar Society

Posted April 29th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

A musical production - Eclipsed The Lunar Society which became the main intellectual powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution in England gathered together for lively dinner conversations at Soho House. They were led by Erasmus Darwin, a man who pioneered theories of evolution. Other ...

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Birmingham Museums Store – wonderful pictures

Posted April 28th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Wonderful pictures from the 4am project’s early morning trip to the BM&G Collections store in support of the Birmingham UK City of Culture bid for 2013.  You can visit yourself on May 3rd 2010.

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Heritage Open Days 2010: 9-12 September

Posted April 27th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Last year’s Heritage Open Days 2009 were an exciting event, with Birmingham Conservation Trust seeing a resulting flurry of activity in support of the Newman Brothers Coffin works. In no time at all, it’s nearly Heritage Open Days 2010! The event will take ...

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Blakesley Hall, poet laureate, city culture bid and photos on fickr.

Posted April 25th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

This is a video of Birmingham’s poet laureate visiting tea takers at Blakesley Hall – the 16th century home of Birmingham merchant Richard Smalbroke.  Their family legacy lives on in this Tudor half-timber wattle and daub farmhouse and in the concrete glory ...

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Talking Cities: Lecture Two – Learning Cities

Posted April 12th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Prof John Worthington, Building Futures Thurs 15 April 6.30pm Birmingham Conservatoire CUDOS and MADE* are proud to present the second in a series of thought provoking lectures, by Prof John Worthington, Co-founder of DEGW, chair of CABE’s Building Futures, Deputy Chair for Regeneration ...

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Open Day at Bell’s Farm tomorrow

Posted March 26th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Bells Farm The Speahead trust has sent us this information: Open Day at Tudor Farmhouse 11.00am to 4.00 pm Saturday afternoon 27th March 2010 Bell Farm Community Centre Bells Farm Close, Druids Heath, B14 5QP The open day at  Bells Farm Community Centre on Saturday 27th March 2010 aims ...

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Birmingham’s heritage should be at the centre of 2013 City of Culture bid

Posted March 25th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

Click above to find out more about Birmingham's bid for City of Culture In an extract from an article in today’s Birmingham Post, Chris Hargreaves, Birmingham City Council’s head of conservation (who after almost 40 years in city planning, is retiring this month) says ...

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East Stride – Industrial heritage walks in Digbeth area this week.

Posted March 24th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Old Digbeth workshops. Click picture to see orginal by Andy Howell As part of Flatpack Festival and the launch of We Are Eastside, local historian Ben Waddington will be conducting walking tours of Eastside. Explore hidden gems, learn more of its industrial ...

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