New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Love heritage? Come and join us!

Posted August 8th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

Do you care about Birmingham’s heritage? You could be just the person we need. If you have skills and experience in industry or business, you can help us. We need volunteer trustee directors who are really enthusiastic about saving significant historic buildings from ...

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Tin Box and the Coffin Fittings Works get a great review!

Posted June 20th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

 We had a fantastic review here http://thegoodreview.co.uk/2011/06/stop-the-clocks-tin-box/#comment-911 The directors and performers brought our disused factory to life when they performed Stop the Clocks at the Coffin Fittings Works 10 days ago The reviewer, Natasha Trevenna said “It is the first artistic piece to suggest using the ...

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Coffin Fittings Works Celebrate Life

Posted June 9th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Time moves on at the Coffin Fittings Works - Stop the Clocks! As the products from the Coffin Fittings Works have been used in the celebration of lives for over 100 years, so the cast of Tin Box Company celebrate a particular life ...

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Mystery, murder and suspense – ghosts from the past at the Coffin Fittings Works

Posted April 20th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Join the Birmingham Ghost Walk - dare to be scared! Uncover the ghosts of years gone by joining one of the Birmingham Ghost Walk s – now extended to include the Coffin Fittings Works on Fleet Street.We can’t promise you’ll see any ghosts, but you will ...

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Industrial Heritage at Risk

Posted April 15th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

English Heritage has launched a project to find out how much of the country’s industrial heritage is at risk of neglect, decay or even demolition, and to raise the debate about what needs saving and how. In October this year it will ...

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The Golden Square

Posted June 22nd, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust 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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New guidance published by English Heritage to protect local areas

Posted June 18th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

An English Heritage guidance document ‘Understanding Place: Historic Area Assessments – Principles and Practice was published this month which provides a method of understanding the heritage of an area. All places have a story and identity. Historic cities, towns and villages have ...

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Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter

Posted March 25th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Image of one of the buildings in the Jewellery Quarter, the Argent Centre - - image by kate&drew on flickr For over 200 years the Jewellery Quarter has been synonymous with jewellery and silverware production. The jewellery industry emerged from the decline of ...

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Work starts on Evans & Sons in the Jewellery Quarter.

Posted March 24th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 11 Comments

A £750,000 programme of restoration has started this week at  the JW Evans factory at 54-57 Albion Street in  Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. This fabulous family silverware business was bought a year ago by English Heritage from a family whose workshops had been on ...

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Ashton & Moore (Metal Colourers) Ltd.

Posted November 4th, 2008 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 4 Comments

3 Legge Lane - Ashton & More. Photo by focalplane, who's father ran the business. There is a wonderful short history at the end of this link of Ashton & Moore, a Birmingham firm specialising in coatings for the aerospace industry.  It is ...

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