Property – Page 7

The All-New Birmingham Assay Office

For some time the Assay Office, currently located on Newhall St, has been looking for a new home to enable it to expand and diversify. Thankfully it has found a site in the Jewellery Quarter and now a planning application has been lodged with Birmingham City Council. The site fronts Icknield St(the Middleway ringroad) and…

Bank’s Disabled Access Proposal Doomed to Fail?

Barclays Bank on the corner of Frederick Street/Warstone Lane has applied for planning permission to provide an accessible entrance for disabled customers. To overcome the existing steps, the Bank proposes to install a vertical, enclosed platform lift on the pavement (see application: 2012/03950/PA). The idea that high street banks should be accessible to everyone is…

Historic Birmingham buildings under the hammer in council sell-off

… on December 8, is Moseley Road Methodist Church in Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, a former button factory at 9 Regent Street in the Jewellery Quarter, …

Precious gem

It remains to be seen whether the jobbing jewellers will be able to afford to carry on manufacturing long into the 21st century. Central Birmingham’s tranformation continues apace. Serious money is cascading into yet more leisure developments and young professionals are clamouring to live in the middle of town. Original web page at www.theguardian.com…