Buildings Research

With purpose built factories, grand houses and small workshops, the JQTH area contains a range of diverse buildings. Research was carried out by a team of volunteers with the aim of connecting people with this rich and varied history. Click on the map to discover more.

51-53 Vittoria Street

51-53 Vittoria Street, Birmingham, B1 3NU

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62-64 Albion Street

62-64 Albion Street, Birmingham B1 3EA

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9 Regent Place

9 Regent Place, Birmingham B1 3NJ

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22-24 Vittoria Street

22-24 Vittoria Street, B1 3PE

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23-26 Warstone Lane

23-26 Warstone Lane, B18 6JQ

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Deakin and Francis

15 - 17 Regent Place, B1 3NL

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16 Regent Place

Birmingham B1 3NJ

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Squirrel Works

32 Regent Place Birmingham B1 3NJ

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67, 68, 69 Albion Street

Birmingham B1 3EA

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45 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3HN

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46 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3HN

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51-53 Albion Street

Birmingham B1 3EA

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43 Warstone Lane

Birmingham B18 6JJ

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Victoria Works

Birmingham B1 3PE

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14 – 15 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3HE

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25 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3HH

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Argent Centre

Birmingham B1 3HS

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26 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3HH

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23 Frederick Street or 1 Regent Street

Birmingham B1 3HQ

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43 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3HN

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39 Warstone Lane

Birmingham B18 6JQ

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38 Warstone Lane

Birmingham B18 6JQ

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37 Warstone Lane

Birmingham B18 6JQ

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35 Warstone Lane

Birmingham B18 6JQ

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36 Warstone Lane

Birmingham B18 6JQ

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22 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3BD

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6 Legge Lane

Birmingham B1 3LD

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9, 10 and 11 Legge Lane

Birmingham B1 3LE

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3, 4 and 5 Legge Lane

Birmingham B1 3LE

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School of Jewellery

82 - 86 Vittoria Street Birmingham B1 3PA

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48 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3HN

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60-64 Vittoria Street

Birmingham B1 3BP

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16 Frederick Street

Birmingham B1 3HE

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Rose Villa Tavern

172 Warstone Lane Birmingham B18 6JW

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Built c. 1860


14 – 15 Frederick Street

A grade II listed tall two storey building with Italianate decorative details

Birmingham B1 3HE

Built c. 1870


16 Frederick Street

Built as a manufactory for jewellers, the Grade II listed building was later occupied by badge makers and...

Birmingham B1 3HE

Built 1910


16 Regent Place

A purpose built as jewellery manufactory, the layout suggests it was built for four different firms

Birmingham B1 3NJ

Built c.1827


22-24 Vittoria Street

Built in the late 1820s 22-24 Vittoria Street was a type of building known as three-quarter or Birmingham...

22-24 Vittoria Street, B1 3PE

Built 1901


22 Frederick Street

A Grade II listed building with a diverse history, occupied by a bank for over 100 years

Birmingham B1 3BD

Built 1870


23-26 Warstone Lane

Built in 1870, the Grade II listed building was re-fronted and extended in 1905. Very little information exists...

23-26 Warstone Lane, B18 6JQ

Built c. 1888


25 Frederick Street

By 1888, a house and earlier workshop ranges were demolished and replaced by a new building containing warehousing,...

Birmingham B1 3HH

Built 1825 - 30


26 Frederick Street

A Grade II listed house which has a fine stucco façade with Regency detailing to the two upper...

Birmingham B1 3HH

Built c. 1855


3, 4 and 5 Legge Lane

A Grade II listed building combining domestic dwelling and small manufacturing, famously used by pen manufacturer A. H....

Birmingham B1 3LE

Built c. 1912


Squirrel Works

A former silver factory for SJ Levi & Company

32 Regent Place Birmingham B1 3NJ

Built c. 1850


35 Warstone Lane

A building used both domestically and commercially which has been occupied by a succession of jewellery-related businesses

Birmingham B18 6JQ

Built c. 1850


36 Warstone Lane

In it's early years, No. 36 Warstone Lane had an eclectic mix of occupiers; a stationer, a day...

Birmingham B18 6JQ

Built c. 1850


37 Warstone Lane

This building had a wide variety of uses in it's early life, shoe warehouse, coffee shop, mixed shop...

Birmingham B18 6JQ

Built c. 1850


38 Warstone Lane

A mixed dwelling for over 100 years, most of the time being a fruit and veg shop and...

Birmingham B18 6JQ

Built c. 1850


39 Warstone Lane

A former Post Office

Birmingham B18 6JQ

Built 1940s


43 Frederick Street

Home to the Vittoria Restaurant from 1950, one of a series run by Birmingham City Council created to...

Birmingham B1 3HN

Built 1845 - 55


43 Warstone Lane

Part of a terrace of four two-storey rendered brick houses

Birmingham B18 6JJ

Built c. 1820


45 Frederick Street

A house which was converted into a jewellery works in around 1882

Birmingham B1 3HN

Built late 1881


46 Frederick Street

The Variety Works, a former house and workshop development

Birmingham B1 3HN

Built c. 1870


48 Frederick Street

A Grade II listed building home to jewellers, watchmakers, printers and most recently a tapas bar

Birmingham B1 3HN

Built 1860 - 1870


51-53 Albion Street

All three buildings provided frontages to workshops, offices, showroom & yard space, incorporating fires and chimn

Birmingham B1 3EA

Built c.1830


51-53 Vittoria Street

Nos 51-52 were built around 1830 as a pair of three-storey townhouses. Only No.51 is Grade II listed....

51-53 Vittoria Street, Birmingham, B1 3NU

Built c. 1885


6 Legge Lane

A three-storey Grade II listed building which combined domestic and industrial uses

Birmingham B1 3LD

Built 1820 - 30


60-64 Vittoria Street

A Grade II listed building occupied by a travelling linen draper in its early days

Birmingham B1 3BP

Built 1862 - 3


Argent Centre

A Grade II* listed pen manufactory built in 1862 - 3 for Mr W E Wiley on the...

Birmingham B1 3HS

Built 1884


62-64 Albion Street

62-64 Albion Street was designed by William Tadman Foulkes for the company Bishton and Fletcher in 1884, and...

62-64 Albion Street, Birmingham B1 3EA

Built 1909 - 1911


67, 68, 69 Albion Street

Originally built as a fire station featuring Arts and Crafts motifs, now a children's nursery

Birmingham B1 3EA

Built 1891-2


9, 10 and 11 Legge Lane

A well-preserved, purpose-built Grade II* listed jewellery manufactory which functioned as the site of a successful family business

Birmingham B1 3LE

Built c.1880


9 Regent Place

The Jewellery Quarter evolved from entrepreneurial and often innovative businesses starting in small workshops or homes from the...

9 Regent Place, Birmingham B1 3NJ

Built 1905 - 6 (incorporating earlier buildings)


Deakin and Francis

Manufactory of 1905-6, by Martin and Martin for Deakin and Francis, incorporating earlier structures

15 - 17 Regent Place, B1 3NL

Built c. 1895


23 Frederick Street or 1 Regent Street

Known as Trafalgar Works, it replaced a pair of semi-detached houses

Birmingham B1 3HQ

Built 1865


School of Jewellery

The Grade II listed School of Jewellery has been at the centre of learning in the Jewellery Quarter...

82 - 86 Vittoria Street Birmingham B1 3PA

Built 1919


Rose Villa Tavern

The Rose Villa Tavern is a Grade II listed building at the heart of the Jewellery Quarter, retaining...

172 Warstone Lane Birmingham B18 6JW

Built 1839 - 40


Victoria Works

Grade II listed manufactory built for Joseph Gillott to produce steel pen nibs by his new pressing method

Birmingham B1 3PE