Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
Lovely shots here of a little lost Victorian soul in a sea of surrounding modernity....the Canal Warehouse (Off Charlotte Street), which is Grade 2 Listed, so protected....Former warehouse, now part of museum complex.The building formed part of the extensive Elkington Mason and Company's works, which covered a large site bounded by the Birmingham and Fazelely Canal, Newhall Street and Charlotte Street. Between 1795 and 1810, an extension to the canal, known as Whitmore's Arm was built which extended westwards into the south-western part of the Jewellery Quarter. A now-demolished wing of the canal warehouse spanned the watercourse.
A mid-C19 warehouse which formed part of an extensive factory complex, specifically sited adjacent to a canal arm. Warehousing was an important aspect of manufacture and distribution in the Jewellery Quarter, and surviving examples associated with the canal system are now rare.
My thanks for the text and the wonderful pics go to Kevin Hussey, Steve Cowlin and Matt Felkin...bless them all...
As a note, Elkington & Co. was a silver manufacturer from Birmingham, It was founded by George Richards Elkington and his brother, Henry Elkington, in the 1830s. It operated under the name G. R. Elkington & Co. until 1842, when a third partner, Josiah Mason, joined the firm. It operated as Elkington, Mason, & Co. until 1861, when the partnership with Mason was terminated. The firm operated independently as Elkington & Co. from 1861 until 1963. It was then taken over by British Silverware, Ltd.. In 1971 British Silverware, Ltd. became a subsidiary of Delta Metal Co. Ltd.
Over the course of history it became very successful and was one of the prime producers of silver plating. Elkington received various royal warrants of appointments, and also an Imperial and Royal Warrant of Appointment from the emperor of Austria. One of their most famous pieces is the electrotype copy of the Jerningham Wine Cooler, at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Their factory in nearby Newhall Street became the Science Museum for many years....before re-siting to Millennium Point, Curzon St.
A mid-C19 warehouse which formed part of an extensive factory complex, specifically sited adjacent to a canal arm. Warehousing was an important aspect of manufacture and distribution in the Jewellery Quarter, and surviving examples associated with the canal system are now rare.
My thanks for the text and the wonderful pics go to Kevin Hussey, Steve Cowlin and Matt Felkin...bless them all...
As a note, Elkington & Co. was a silver manufacturer from Birmingham, It was founded by George Richards Elkington and his brother, Henry Elkington, in the 1830s. It operated under the name G. R. Elkington & Co. until 1842, when a third partner, Josiah Mason, joined the firm. It operated as Elkington, Mason, & Co. until 1861, when the partnership with Mason was terminated. The firm operated independently as Elkington & Co. from 1861 until 1963. It was then taken over by British Silverware, Ltd.. In 1971 British Silverware, Ltd. became a subsidiary of Delta Metal Co. Ltd.
Over the course of history it became very successful and was one of the prime producers of silver plating. Elkington received various royal warrants of appointments, and also an Imperial and Royal Warrant of Appointment from the emperor of Austria. One of their most famous pieces is the electrotype copy of the Jerningham Wine Cooler, at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Their factory in nearby Newhall Street became the Science Museum for many years....before re-siting to Millennium Point, Curzon St.