The Victoria Law Courts on Corporation Street is an incredibly imposing, and stunningly beautiful building. It’s is faced in terracotta made from clay from North Wales. It is Grade I listed and is highly decorated. It may even be the most ornate ...
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One of the great things about Birmingham is that it offers some great skylines across the City with a mix of very different buildings. This weeks Friday photo was taken in Highgate looking towards Edgbaston and features the beautiful silhouette of Birmingham ...
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I love the Great Western Arcade, with numerous independent shops and a great vintage atmosphere, it really is a special Victorian shopping space. The arcade is so called because it was built in 1876 by the Great Western Company. It was built ...
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The Friday photo this week is of the splendid St Marys C of E Church which is on Hamstead Rd in Handsworth. The sun was shining on it so there was some interesting shadows giving it a spooky feel. Parts of ...
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As it is winter I wanted to post a snowy picture. I took this one last winter. St Paul’s Church is located in St Paul’s Square, which I believe is the only Georgian architecture that remains in Birmingham. The church itself is ...
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This weeks the Friday photo is of The River more affectionately known as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi. She sits in all her splendor in the upper pool of the fountain in Victoria Square and she weighs a cracking 1.75 tonnes. The ...
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Warstone Lane Cemetery in the Jewellery Quarter is a fascinating place. Dating from 1847 when the chapel was built (no longer exists), the first burial there was in 1848. John Baskerville, who died in 1775, was eventually buried there (his third burial!!) ...
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This weeks the Friday Photo is of a room left exactly as it was in 2008 in the J. W. Silver Factory. The factory was established in 1881 and English Heritage stepped into rescue it in 2008 – dust and all. Now ...
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This week the Friday Photo is taken at the top of Fordhouse Lane Stirchley and was inspired by an old photograph I found. The photograph features an old newsagent which was based on the corner where Fordhouse Lane meets the Pershore Rd. ...
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I might be pushing it by classing Baddesley Clinton a Birmingham property, it’s probably more Warwick, but it has a Birmingham postcode and I love it, so I’m hoping you’ll allow me this one! Now a National Trust property, Baddesley Clinton is ...
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