Hi there! I'm trying to find any information relating to 120-122 Great Barr Street and the surrounding area. I work for BOM (Birmingham Open Media) and we bought the building last year to be our new permanent home and preserving the building's heritage is a key part of our plans.
We would love any information or hear any memories that members have about the building ad the surrounding area.
We know that there was a structure there from the 1820s and that the building has been added onto over the years. Part of it was used as a corn merchants from from the 1870s for about 80 years and part of it was a butchers shop as well as a family home. Next door was Court 18 also known as Belmont Village at one point - a back-to-back courtyard that was cleared out as part of the 'slum clearances'. The names we have associated with the building are John Bott, Frederick Fawdry, Benjamin Stone (we believe Sir Benjamin Stone), Charles Wigley, Benjamin Hildick, John Pitt, Normal and Alfred Mansell, Samuel Taylor and, Joseph Farmiloe.
Thank you!
We would love any information or hear any memories that members have about the building ad the surrounding area.
We know that there was a structure there from the 1820s and that the building has been added onto over the years. Part of it was used as a corn merchants from from the 1870s for about 80 years and part of it was a butchers shop as well as a family home. Next door was Court 18 also known as Belmont Village at one point - a back-to-back courtyard that was cleared out as part of the 'slum clearances'. The names we have associated with the building are John Bott, Frederick Fawdry, Benjamin Stone (we believe Sir Benjamin Stone), Charles Wigley, Benjamin Hildick, John Pitt, Normal and Alfred Mansell, Samuel Taylor and, Joseph Farmiloe.
Thank you!
