The current work going on to excavate behind the old Avery building at 138 Digbeth has highlighted the little building squeezed in between Avery’s and the old Makepeace building.
The little gem (#137 Digbeth) was once the Nutting umbrella manufactory building. It is described in the extract below from the Midlands Pubs site. Additionally, according to the Pevsner guide there is/was still inside the building an early19th century stick baluster staircase and 18th century doors with broad plain architraves.
Source: https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/digbeth/
From Moseley-society.org.uk it seems the family also had the premises next door #136:
Charles Nutting “was a manufacturer of walking sticks, canes and umbrellas in Digbeth,i a business established in 1814. Charles, a carpenter, married Phoebe Dodson, an umbrella maker, on 29th October 1837. They had four children. William, their only son, married Ellen Tabberner in 1866 and set up home in Belgrave Street (now part of Belgrave Road), Balsall Heath. By 1871, William had taken over his father’s business, moving premises from No 135 to 137 Digbeth in 1875. Charles began a new venture next door at No 136, the manufacture of fishing tackle”
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The little gem (#137 Digbeth) was once the Nutting umbrella manufactory building. It is described in the extract below from the Midlands Pubs site. Additionally, according to the Pevsner guide there is/was still inside the building an early19th century stick baluster staircase and 18th century doors with broad plain architraves.
Source: https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/digbeth/
From Moseley-society.org.uk it seems the family also had the premises next door #136:
Charles Nutting “was a manufacturer of walking sticks, canes and umbrellas in Digbeth,i a business established in 1814. Charles, a carpenter, married Phoebe Dodson, an umbrella maker, on 29th October 1837. They had four children. William, their only son, married Ellen Tabberner in 1866 and set up home in Belgrave Street (now part of Belgrave Road), Balsall Heath. By 1871, William had taken over his father’s business, moving premises from No 135 to 137 Digbeth in 1875. Charles began a new venture next door at No 136, the manufacture of fishing tackle”
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