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Listed Buildings in Aston Ward.

(37) The Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary is magnificent Grade II listed Building and the detailed description can be seen here...

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Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary, Aston, Birmingham

Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary is a Grade II listed building in Aston, Birmingham, England. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building.
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There is a Forum Thread here...

Sacred Heart St Margaret Mary Aston

i was born in brantley rd witton and was baptised RC i am trying to get my baptismal cert but dont know what RC church would some kind forum member know of any RC churchs near to brantley rd witton i know they have all records at st chads but need the church name with thanks josie
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(18) Canterbury Road Cross Schools is Grade II Listed...

“Dated 1906. Purple brick with terracotta dressings; tile roof. Single storeyed. Two gabled bays, a link bay, 4 gabled bays and a fifth smaller gabled bay. The gabled bays all set transversely to a taller central spine with cupolas on its roof line. Each gabled bay with coupled arched windows, each couple surmounted by a central oculus. The link principal entrance - bay with broad segment-headed arches surmounted by a parapet with art nouveau lettering and pyramidal roof with finial,
and pyramidal roof with finial.”

Nice pictures posted by Phil in the Forum Thread...

Canterbury Road Canterbury Cross Schools

There must be something missing in my life. I find myself re reading this Thread at least once a year!!
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(26) Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Road.
Description...
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Holy Trinity Church, Aston, Birmingham

Holy Trinity Church is a Grade II* listed building in Aston, Birmingham, England. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building.
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Drawing posted by Vivienne in the Forum Thread...

Holy Trinity Church Birchfield

Edit. Photos are currently unavailable. hi all..here are a few pics of holy trinity church birchfield..popped in there yesterday for the first time since i was christened there aged 3 months in 1954...its a lovely little church:) lyn
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And OldM...

Holy Trinity Church Birchfield

Edit. Photos are currently unavailable. hi all..here are a few pics of holy trinity church birchfield..popped in there yesterday for the first time since i was christened there aged 3 months in 1954...its a lovely little church:) lyn
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Always independently operated, the Beaufort Cinema was closed on 19th August 1978 . There were hopes that the cinema could be designated a ‘Listed’ building, but the powers that be at that time deemed it’s interior as fake, and not real Tudor, and listing was refused. Sadly, the Beaufort Cinema was demolished and a B&Q hardware store was built on the site, which in 2009 is an Aldi supermarket........ powers that be what a joke
 
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Always independently operated, the Beaufort Cinema was closed on 19th August 1978 . There were hopes that the cinema could be designated a ‘Listed’ building, but the powers that be at that time deemed it’s interior as fake, and not real Tudor, and listing was refused. Sadly, the Beaufort Cinema was demolished and a B&Q hardware store was built on the site, which in 2009 is an Aldi supermarket........ powers that be what a joke
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Spent many happy hours in the Beaufort as a child on Saturday morning then later in my teenage years ,such a shame that building was demolished
 
(13) Aston Council Chamber (Library), Albert Road.

Details from Historic England...
historicengland.org.uk

Aston Council Chamber, Non Civil Parish - 1405553 | Historic England

List entry 1405553. Grade II Listed Building: Aston Council Chamber. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Great picture by Lyn on the Witton Road thread...

WITTON ROAD

cant seem to find a thread for this road so i am starting one...few piccies here folks...hover over the photos for the dates lyn
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16) Barker Bridge over the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Lower Loveday Street.

Description from Historic England...
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BARKER BRIDGE OVER THE BIRMINGHAM FAZELEY CANAL, Non Civil Parish - 1219463 | Historic England

List entry 1219463. Grade II Listed Building: Barker Bridge Over The Birmingham Fazeley Canal. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Pictures by ellbrown on Forum

Canals of Birmingham

Of my older photos, this is the closest I think I've got of that old bridge (now blocked off on the Gas Street side). May 2016 - between Canalside Cafe and the Tap & Spile. In this 2010 view of ITV Central from Gas Street you can see a section of canal.
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Then there is this famous building, being used, but with its former use concealed beneath a false floor. There are other reminders maintained there.
://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/witton-aston-manor-tram-depot.1199/
 
Radiorails said:
Then there is this famous building, being used, but with its former use concealed beneath a false floor. There are other reminders maintained there.
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A nice historic building, but not a Listed Building. This is the picture posted by Vivienne in the thread mentioned.

Witton Aston Manor Tram Depot

This picture shows tram 395 outside the paint shop at Kyotts Lake Road in 1952,prior to restoration,and then permanent display in the museum. Colin
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Pedrocut said:
A nice historic building, but not a Listed Building. This is the picture posted by Vivienne in the thread mentioned.

Witton Aston Manor Tram Depot

This picture shows tram 395 outside the paint shop at Kyotts Lake Road in 1952,prior to restoration,and then permanent display in the museum. Colin
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This 2013 Birmingham Mail report suggests it is Grade II listed.
I believe that because it is an important structure I doubt there was the need to cover the exiting tram tracks and cobbled floor.
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Former transport depot set to be tram-sformed

The Birmingham City Council owned Victorian building will be converted into events and wedding venue
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Radiorails said:
This 2013 Birmingham Mail report suggests it is Grade II listed.
I believe that because it is an important structure I doubt there was the need to cover the exiting tram tracks and cobbled floor.
www.birminghammail.co.uk

Former transport depot set to be tram-sformed

The Birmingham City Council owned Victorian building will be converted into events and wedding venue
www.birminghammail.co.uk www.birminghammail.co.uk
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Interesting, the tram depot is not mentioned on the list or the map for Aston Manor as shown below. But it is a Listed Building when found in an individual search.
historicengland.org.uk

Witton Lane Tramway Depot, Non Civil Parish - 1405550 | Historic England

List entry 1405550. Grade II Listed Building: Witton Lane Tramway Depot. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Pedrocut said:
Interesting, the tram depot is not mentioned on the list or the map for Aston Manor as shown below. But it is a Listed Building when found in an individual search.
historicengland.org.uk

Witton Lane Tramway Depot, Non Civil Parish - 1405550 | Historic England

List entry 1405550. Grade II Listed Building: Witton Lane Tramway Depot. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Which could mean that if you are keen to demolish a place - and look at an incorrect list - then hey presto, down she goes! I wonder how often that could have happened?
 
There is a facility on the Historic England site to contribute pictures and correct mistakes. Perhaps we should quickly take up their offer!
 
I seem to remember that buildings can be listed on a local list even if not on the national list. Am not certain of that though and am sure I will be corrected if wrong
 
(42) Gunmakers Arms, Bath Street

Description from Historic England...

“Circa 1820, corner block formerly of 3 houses, now one house and pub. Three storeys rendered and coursed. Corbelled eaves. Half hipped slate roof. Three windows to upper floors and one surviving ground floor window: revealed glazing bar sashes on first floor with stucco heads flanked by small consoles and their cornices. No 93 retains architrave doorway with rounded corner blocks. Pub door formerly to house with architrave moulding and console brackets. Good small mid C19 corner pub front pilastered with entablature bowed around corner. One bay return and 2 storey wing.”
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THE GUNMAKERS ARMS, Non Civil Parish - 1219930 | Historic England

List entry 1219930. Grade II Listed Building: The Gunmakers Arms. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Picture posted by Morturn in the Forum Thread...

The Gunmakers Arms, Bath Street

Date of photograph 13th June, 1960.
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(43) Gunmaker’s Arms, Gerrard Street

Description from Historic England...

“GERRARD STREET 1. 5104 Lozells B19 Nos 21 and 23 (The Gunmakers Arms Public House) SP 08 NE 7/39 II 2. C1908 Corner public house 2 storeys machined bricks and terracotta with Flemish Renaissance details. Pilasters on pedestals articulate deep splayed reveal camber arched bar windows with leaded lights. Terracotta boarding to upper floors. Canted oriel bay window contained console voussoired bracket handle arch under finialed gable. Ribbed extended chimney stack to shaped gable end facing west. Interior retains complete bar fittings with tilework throughout. The public bar itself curves round the angle of the room, it is entirely faced in rich polychrome tile work with a bombe front and panels of griffins heads, garlands and ribbons, mahogany bar top with hand pumps. The bar back is fluted pilaster composition backed by tilework and topped by Art Nouveau stained glass. In the outdoor the fittings are similar and the bar back incorporates a fine cut glass mirror.”
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THE GUNMAKERS ARMS, Non Civil Parish - 1219930 | Historic England

List entry 1219930. Grade II Listed Building: The Gunmakers Arms. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Picture posted by Lyn in the Forum Thread, which includes pictures from the interior...

The Gunmakers Arms - Corner Gerrard Street and Wilton Street - 1958 - 60

Anyone out there remember this lovely pub in the period 1958 to 1960 ? There was a great fellow who used there, Jim Parkes, I'm sure he lived just across the road on the other side of Gerrard Street. I did National Service Trade Training with him at Catterick Camp in 1956/7 and then he went...
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(20) Newey Bros. 105-127 Brearley Street.

Description from Historic England
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CENTRAL BLOCK OF PREMISES OCCUPIED BY NEWEY GOODMAN LIMITED, Non Civil Parish - 1075719 | Historic England

List entry 1075719. Grade II Listed Building: Central Block Of Premises Occupied By Newey Goodman Limited. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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As Newey Bros. Entry in Grace Guide...

Newey Brothers - Graces Guide

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Newey Bros thread on Forum...

newey bros. FPF Dept. memories

On Monday 4th. July 1960 I joined Newey Bros. as a ‘Trainee Executive’ with the then princely salary of £400 p.a. I have in my file the offer letter from Mr. W. Wootton, the Personnel Manager. The title alone was probably enough to tempt me and whilst I quickly realized that I had made a good...
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Picture on Forum by ellbrown...

Today’s Google Street view, a sorry sight. If you look at the top the ‘J’ from JC Newey has nearly disappeared.
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(23) Gates and Gate Piers to west, south and east of St Georges Gardens, Great Hampton Row.

Description from Historic England...
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GATES AND GATE PIERS TO WEST, SOUTH AND EAST OF ST GEORGES GARDENS, Non Civil Parish - 1343447 | Historic England

List entry 1343447. Grade II Listed Building: Gates And Gate Piers To West, South And East Of St Georges Gardens. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Picture taken by Lyn and the thread for Great Hampton Row...

great hampton row

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22) Brandauer Works, 401-414 New John Street West.

Description from Historic England...
historicengland.org.uk

FORMER BRANDAUER WORKS, Non Civil Parish - 1360792 | Historic England

List entry 1360792. Grade II Listed Building: Former Brandauer Works. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Picture by ellbrown from the Forum Thread

Brandauers Factory New John St. West.

hi mike...could this be the building...st georges rectory house dated 1956.brandauers is just out of shot on the right.. lyn.
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(25) Hen and Chickens, Constitution Hill

Description from Historic England...
historicengland.org.uk

HEN AND CHICKENS PUBLIC HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1290561 | Historic England

List entry 1290561. Grade II Listed Building: Hen And Chickens Public House. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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“CONSTITUTION HILL 1. 5104 City Centre B19 Nos 27 and 29 (Hen and Chickens Public House) SP 0687 NE 25/7 II GV 2. Circa 1880 large corner public house with Italianate detailing relating to No 25. Tall 3 storeys yellow brick with ceramic, red brick and stone and terracotta dressings. Splayed corner. Upper floors articulated in coupled or single bays by giant banded ceramic brick pilasters, rising to spring of second floor window arches. Carved console brackets alternating with floral terracotta metopes support moulded stone cornice with yellow brick parapet above. Terracotta diaper panels and projecting heads in roundels are set above segmental arched first floor windows. Pilastered public house front including shop front No 29. The fascia with fretted valance to cornice.”
 
(27) Lloyd’s Bank, Great Hampton Street

Description from Historic England...
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LLOYDS BANK, Non Civil Parish - 1343449 | Historic England

List entry 1343449. Grade II Listed Building: Lloyds Bank. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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“GREAT HAMPTON STREET 1. 5104 Hockley B18 No 22A (Lloyds Bank) SP 0687 NW 24/4 1.4.82 II 2. Large corner banking premises of circa 1880. Two tall storeys, painted stone and terracotta. Eclectic design combining Gothic with Renaissance and Dutch gable motifs. Tall corner oriel surmounted by octagonal cupola with scrolled consoles. Dutch gables, ogee capped finials. Banking hall windows, in grooved ground floor, have massive keystones. End bays of each front have 2 storeys contained in main ground floor with boldly carved acanthus leaf decoration to aprons of upper windows. Steep slate roofs, ribbed chimney stacks.”
 
Pedrocut said:
(20) Newey Bros. 105-127 Brearley Street.

Description from Historic England
historicengland.org.uk

CENTRAL BLOCK OF PREMISES OCCUPIED BY NEWEY GOODMAN LIMITED, Non Civil Parish - 1075719 | Historic England

List entry 1075719. Grade II Listed Building: Central Block Of Premises Occupied By Newey Goodman Limited. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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As Newey Bros. Entry in Grace Guide...

Newey Brothers - Graces Guide

www.gracesguide.co.uk www.gracesguide.co.uk

Newey Bros thread on Forum...

newey bros. FPF Dept. memories

On Monday 4th. July 1960 I joined Newey Bros. as a ‘Trainee Executive’ with the then princely salary of £400 p.a. I have in my file the offer letter from Mr. W. Wootton, the Personnel Manager. The title alone was probably enough to tempt me and whilst I quickly realized that I had made a good...
birminghamhistory.co.uk

Picture on Forum by ellbrown...

Today’s Google Street view, a sorry sight. If you look at the top the ‘J’ from JC Newey has nearly disappeared.
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i used to live around the corner from this building...its been in a sorry state for years...also the by royal appointment statue is not looking good either so sad

lyn
 
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