Today’s Friday Photo is of a building you have probably walked past and even possibly frequented. It may also look like a recent Friday Photo I shared back in February, which was of the Midland Bank. Well this building actually stands opposite, ...
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As a sister photo to a previous post of mine about Earlswood engine house, today’s Friday photo is of the New Smethwick engine house. Not as new as its name would suggest, the grade II listed engine house was built in 1892 ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the Carnegie Infant Welfare Institute on Hunters Road, Hockley. The building was purpose built from 1922-23 as a mother and child’s welfare centre. It was set up by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust who provided a grant of ...
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You’d be forgiven for not recognising this week’s Friday Photo because its facade is masked in scaffolding. But for those of you who like Gothic-Revival architecture, it’s probably clear to see that a well-known cathedral is hiding behind the wood and scaffolding. ...
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Today’s Friday photo is of a section of Harborne walkway, close to the former site of the demolished Hagley Road train station. Part of the footpath, which opened in 1981, follows the track-bed of the old Harborne railway line that connected Birmingham ...
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Today’s Friday photo is of the entrance building to the Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park. The park was, until recently, known as Birmingham Nature Centre, but as it includes many exotic animals, such as Red Panda’s and Meerkats, the new name seems more ...
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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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Today’s Friday photo was inspired by Historic England’s audio-tour of post war public art in Birmingham city centre, available (here). Having explored these in the city centre, I went in search of more examples and found myself on the university of Birmingham campus. They ...
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Today’s Friday photo is Needless Alley a little passage way off New Street. This little passage way is a survivor from old Birmingham that has managed to escape the urban planners! For although the buildings around it have changed over the years, the ...
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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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