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Colmore Row is a street in Birmingham City Centre in the centre of Birmingham, England, running from Victoria Square to just beyond Snow Hill station. It is traditionally the city's most prestigious business address. [2] Colmore Row and its environs were designated a conservation area in 1971, which was extended twice in 1985. Colmore Row ...
Originally the road was the driveway to New Hall occupied by the Colmore family. New Hall was demolished in 1787 after being vacated by the Colmores and used as a warehouse by Matthew Boulton . Newhall Street was so named in 1766, after opening as a public street in 1746 called Newport Street and then New Hall Walk. [ 1 ]
Bennetts Hill is a street in the core area of Birmingham City Centre, United Kingdom. It runs from New Street, uphill to Colmore Row, crossing Waterloo Street in the process. It is within the Colmore Row conservation area. [1]
Great Western Arcade, Temple Row entrance Great Western Arcade. The Great Western Arcade (grid reference) is a covered Grade II listed [1] [2] Victorian shopping arcade lying between Colmore Row and Temple Row in Birmingham City Centre, England. It was built (1875-6) over the Great Western Railway line cutting at the London end of Snow Hill ...
Colmore is a surname. Notable people called Colmore include: Charles B. Colmore (1879–1950), second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico; George Cyril Colmore (1885–1937), English aviator and Royal Naval Air Service officer; Gertrude Colmore (1855–1926), writer and suffragist; Jacob Colmore (1912–1996), English anti-fascist ...
122–124 Colmore Row is a Grade I listed building on Colmore Row in Birmingham, England. Built as the Eagle Insurance Offices it was later occupied by Orion Insurance [ 2 ] and was Hudson's Coffee House until late 2011, It is currently Java Lounge Coffee House (as of July 2015 [update] ).
In 1853, it moved to 37 Colmore Row where it remained until 1907, though it retained the Bull Street property for manufacturing. Councillor W J Lancaster JP - the picture was taken by a Birmingham photographer called J. W. Beaufort and published alongside a biography of Lancaster, in Handsworth magazine, in October 1894
St Paul's Square (also known as St Pauls Square) [1] [2] is a Georgian square in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England, named after the church at its centre. It is the last remaining Georgian Square in the city. Built 1777—1779 on the Newhall estate of the Colmore family, it was an elegant and desirable location in the mid-nineteenth ...