Spoilt for choice at Heritage Open Days earlier in the month, my Sunday selection was the beautiful Highbury Hall. Having never really explored the extensive grounds before, we set of in search of the apiary and the orchard where there were plenty ...
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Today’s Friday photo we head over the border to our neighbours in the Black Country. The photo is of the Jerushah Tilted Cottage, located in Black Country Living Museum. The cottage was original constructed around 1840 at Coopers bank in Gornal Wood. ...
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I was lucky enough to have a sneak peek inside Curzon Street Station this week as Birmingham Heritage Week prepared for their launch event on Wednesday. Working opposite the building, I have to admit that I take it for granted every single ...
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Inspired by the up-coming open days at the Wake Green Road Prefabs, my Friday photo today is of Central Avenue in Austin Village, Longbridge. Herbert Austin founded the Austin Motor company in Longbridge in 1905, as there was a large increase in his workforce ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the Lad in the Lane Pub in Bromford Lane, Erdington. Grade II listed in 1982 historians estimated the original frame to date back to the 1400’s. In 2006 dendrochronology testing of timbers confirmed that oldest part of the ...
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I posted about Vesey Manor last year, and this week I’m focusing on Vesey House, also in Sutton Coldfield, and also built by Bishop Vesey. Now a private residence, it dates from the 1500s and was once known as Ford Keepers Cottage. ...
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Today’s Friday Photo is of the almshouses in Bournville. A family known for their philanthropy (and their chocolate), Bournville Almshouse Trust was established by Richard Cadbury, brother of George Cadbury, in 1897. He commissioned Ewan Harper to design the quadrangle of 33 ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the Sleeping Iron Giant, situated at the junction of Garrison Lane and Cattral Road in Bordesley Green. The sculpture is a large tilted cast-iron head with sleeping eyes and a cheek resting precariously on a grass mound. The ...
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I have lived near here nearly all my life but this week was the first time I ventured down to Peddimore Hall in Minworth, Sutton Coldfield. A Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II listed building, it’s nestled away in between miles of ...
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Today’s Friday photo is of the grade II listed Spring Hill Library. It was designed by the Birmingham architects firm Martin and Chamberlain and opened on January 7th 1893. Constructed of red brick and terracotta with a 65ft clock tower, It uses ...
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