New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

The Golden Square

Posted June 22nd, 2010 by Emma Neill with 1 Comment

Golden Square fly-through from Andy Hartwell on Vimeo.
‘The Golden Square’ is one of the first projects in the Big City Plan which aims to transform the city centre in the coming years. The new public square will be located in the Jewellery ...

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

Posted March 25th, 2010 by Hannah Severn 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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Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery epetition

Posted December 10th, 2009 by hrwaldram with No Comments

Brandwood End Cemetery has twin Grade II-listed Mortuary chapels which are in need of restoration and improvements.
Brandwood End Mortuary Chapels
The chapels make the centrepiece of the cemetery and are designed by Birmingham-architect J. Brewin Holmes in the Gothic style of terracotta and ...

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Birmingham Central Library "granted immunity from listing"

Posted November 23rd, 2009 by Nick Booth with 6 Comments

Central Library in Birmingham by Rory Munro - click for original.
The government has announced that the John Madin designed Birmingham Central Library will not be listed – which means that the building can now be demolished as part of Birmingham’s Big City ...

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Conservation Areas at Risk – an English Heritage Survey

Posted April 17th, 2009 by Nick Booth with No Comments

Do you live in a conservation which you think is at risk?  Have you had experience of regulations protecting conservation areas being eroded?
English Heritage is approaching every local authority in the country for a first national survey of Conservation Areas as a ...

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Birmingham has 2 of Britain's 10 most endangered Victorian Buildings

Posted September 25th, 2008 by Nick Booth with No Comments

Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath and the Red Lion Pub in Handsworth have made it onto a list of the Victorian Society’s 10 most endangered buildings in the UK. The list was a product of a public vote and campaign.
As ...

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