Birmingham Buildings
Birmingham Assay Office - Newhall Street
Opening in 1773 following the Hallmarking Act, the purpose of the Birmingham Assay Office was to validate the quality of the previous metal used and to hallmark the item to attest to this measure having been validated (the hallmark indicating the maker and date of item and the anchor symbol indicating the Birmingham Assay Office). With a [...]
Birmingham Stock Exchange - Margaret Street
Due to Birmingham’s flurishing industry and growing reputation as a centre of commerce, a regional Birmingham Stock Exchange was setup in 1845 through the Birmingham Stock Exchange Association which met in a variety of venues in the City Centre before coming to rest in the building that is seen above in 1928, the year of [...]
Eastside Development - City Centre/Aston
The Eastside development is a phased regeneration project aimed at revitalising a 420 acre tract of land immediately to the East of the City Centre, largely encompassed within a triangle formed by Curzon Street, Lawley Middleway and Jennens Lane at a cost of £6bn.
One of the first signs of the development, Millennium [...]
BBC Pebble Mill - Edgbaston
The BBC’s Pebble Mill complex opened in 1971 on a 6 acre site and was the hub of regional programming - including the popular Pebble Mill at 1 show which ran from 1973 to 1986 along with regional news programmes and Gardening Today for which the BBC also ‘annexed’ part of Kings [...]
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