Although, this post says it’s by Anne-Marie Hayes, I’m in fact an imposter, because this is Dave Evetts’ first ever Friday Photo post for Birmingham Conservation Trust, and it’s a good one! Lightwoods House in Bearwood faces Harborne across Hagley Road West. Originally built ...
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You may remember a couple of years ago, I did a Friday Photo on the Grand’s exterior. Well, this week I had the opportunity to go inside the Grand Hotel’s Grosvenor Room, which is a stunning and ornate ball room with the ...
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This weeks Friday photo is Our Lady Help of Christians in Tile Cross. Sadly the Architect Richard Gilbert Scott passed away earlier this month, so I thought it would be fitting to post this picture of one of the two Roman Catholic ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the Grade II* listed Moat House situated on the Lichfield Road in Sutton Coldfield. It designed and built circa 1680 by the architect Sir William Wilson (1641-1710), who had been a student of Sir Christopher Wren. Wilson actually ...
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I took this photo on a sunny morning in February of this year, and I just thought it had so much potential to be brought back to life. But it got me thinking about what this part of the city used to ...
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Today’s Friday photo is of the sleepy little church of St Michael and All Angels in Cofton Hackett. A church is believed to have existed on this same site from the 12th century, possibly first built as a chapel for a manor house. ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the Collingwood Centre in Pheasey, Great Barr. The Pheasey estate was built by Henry Boot for The First National Housing Trust from 1937. The estate was built on farmland (Pheasey Farm) that was originally in the Scott family ...
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Nestled away in the Jewellery Quarter is the former home of the steam engine inventor and co-father of the Industrial Revolution, James Watt, who lived here between 1777-1790. Watt’s home is located in Regent Place, tucked away from the main streets, and ...
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Today’s Friday photo is of the Roman Catholic church of St Dunstan in Kings Heath. The church has been Grade II listed due to its balanced and effective architectural design and the quality of the artistic details within. Previously the only Roman Catholic ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the church of Ss Peter and Paul, Aston-juxta-Birmingham. Originally Aston parish church, it was given this name after Aston was absorbed into Birmingham in 1911. There has been a church on this site for centuries, indeed, Aston church ...
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