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The+White+House+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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The White House - A Birmingham Gem!

The White House is on the corner of Lower Temple Street and New Street in Birmingham. Built 1874-75 by architect Thomson Plevins. Rebuilt 1911-12 by Nichol & Nichol. Restored in 2021.

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Tyseley+Station+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Tyseley Station - A Birmingham Gem!

Tyseley Station is at the junction of the lines from Stratford-upon-Avon via Shirley and Leamington Spa via Dorridge. It opened in 1906, and has four platforms.

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Birmingham+Snow+Hill+Station+-+A+City+Gem!
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Birmingham Snow Hill Station - A City Gem!

The current station at Birmingham Snow Hill opened in 1987 with four platforms. This was reduced to 3 when the original Midland Metro line terminated here in 1999. In the Colmore BID.

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Sutton+Coldfield+Station+-+A+City+Gem!
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Sutton Coldfield Station - A City Gem!

Sutton Coldfield Station is the main station for the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. On the Cross City Line between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley.

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The+Black+Horse%2c+Northfield+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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The Black Horse, Northfield - A Birmingham Gem!

A Mock Tudor Mansion House style public house in Northfield on the Bristol Road South. The Black Horse opened in 1929 for Davenports. It was refurbished for JD Wetherspoon in 2010.

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Harborne+Cricket+Club+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Harborne Cricket Club - A Birmingham Gem!

Harborne Cricket Club was founded in 1868, and is one of the largest cricket clubs in the Midlands. Located at Harborne Park Road in Harborne, Birmingham.

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Islington+House+-+80+Broad+Street+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Islington House - 80 Broad Street - A Birmingham Gem!

Islington House was built on Broad Street, Birmingham in 1814 for Rice Harris as the Islington Glassworks. A century later the Outpatients Dept of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

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Lux+Gallery%2c+Edgbaston+Village+-+Art+with+community
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Lux Gallery, Edgbaston Village - Art with community

Lux Gallery is at 13 Greenfield Crescent at Edgbaston Village in Edgbaston, Birmingham. It is a independent art gallery and photography studio.

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Royal+Orthopaedic+Hospital%2c+Northfield+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Northfield - A Birmingham Gem!

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is situated on the Bristol Road South in Northfield, Birmingham. Based in a house called The Woodlands, given by George Cadbury in 1907. 

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Eastside+Projects%2c+Digbeth+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Eastside Projects, Digbeth - A Birmingham Gem!

Eastside Projects is situated at 86 Heath Mill Lane in Digbeth, Birmingham. A free public gallery set up by artists for experimental contemporary arts exhibitions and events.

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The+Great+Stone+and+The+Village+Pound%2c+Northfield
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The Great Stone and The Village Pound, Northfield

The Great Stone is an 18th century pub in Northfield. Grade II listed. There is also a 17th Century village pound where stray animals were kept.

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Minerva+Works%2c+Digbeth+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Minerva Works, Digbeth - A Birmingham Gem!

Minerva Works is situated on Fazeley Street in Digbeth. Home of art related units: Centrala, Grand Union, Vivid Projects and Stryx. One of the buildings at Warwick Bar.

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Clarendon+Fine+Art+(formerly+Whitewall+Galleries)+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Clarendon Fine Art (formerly Whitewall Galleries) - A Birmingham Gem!

Clarendon Fine Art (formerly Whitewall Galleries) is at 9 Colmore Row next to Birmingham Snow Hill Station. They specialist in 20th century art and contemporary artists.

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RBSA+Gallery+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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RBSA Gallery - A Birmingham Gem!

The RBSA Gallery is situated at 4 Brook Street in the Jewellery Quarter. The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists was established in 1821 was at New Street but relocated in 2000.

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Grand+Theatre+-+A+Wolverhampton+Gem!
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Grand Theatre - A Wolverhampton Gem!

The Grand Theatre is situated on Lichfield Street in Wolverhampton City Centre. Dates to 1894 by the architect Charles J. Phipps. It is now a Grade II* listed building.

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Belgrade+Theatre+-+A+Coventry+Gem!
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Belgrade Theatre - A Coventry Gem!

The Belgrade Theatre is in Belgrade Square, Coventry, near Corporation Street. A Grade II listed building, it was built in 1956 - 58, by the Coventry City Architect's Department.

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Moseley+Dance+Centre+and+Hazelle+Stage+School+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Moseley Dance Centre and Hazelle Stage School - A Birmingham Gem!

This building on the Moseley Road in Balsall Heath is now home to the Moseley Dance Centre and Hazelle Stage School. Built in 1879 for the Moseley & Balsall Heath Institute by William Hale

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Sutton+Arts+Theatre+-+A+Sutton+Coldfield+Gem!
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Sutton Arts Theatre - A Sutton Coldfield Gem!

Sutton Arts Theatre is situated on South Parade in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. The theatre was founded around 1944 by Paul Rice and Bill Wesley Harkcom.

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Apple+(Midland+Bank)+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Apple (Midland Bank) - A Birmingham Gem!

The former Midland Bank building on New Street, Stephenson Place and Stephenson Street. Built from 1867 to 1875. Grade II listed. Was Waterstone's until the end of 2015, Apple since then.

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Market+Hotel+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Market Hotel - A Birmingham Gem!

The Market Hotel (now Comfort Inn) dates to 1883 by Plevins & Norrington. At the corner of Dudley Street and Station Street, opposite Birmingham New Street Station.

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Cornwall+Street+Square+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Cornwall Street Square - A Birmingham Gem!

Cornwall Street in the Colmore Business District was pedestrianised between Newhall Street and New Market Street. Work took place during 2021, and it was opened in 2022.

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Edstone+Aqueduct+-+A+Historic+Gem!
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Edstone Aqueduct - A Historic Gem!

The Edstone Aqueduct is on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal in Warwickshire. It was opened in 1816 and is now Grade II* listed. It is the longest Cast Iron aqueduct in England.

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Wootton+Wawen+Aqueduct+-+A+Historic+Gem!
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Wootton Wawen Aqueduct - A Historic Gem!

The Wootton Wawen Aqueduct is on the Stratford Road in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, and was opened in 1813, now Grade II* listed. On the Stratford-on-Avon Canal next to The Navigation Inn.

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The+Futurist+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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The Futurist - A Birmingham Gem!

The Futurist is a former cinema, built between 1914 and 1920. It closed as a cinema in the 1990s. Later uses as a nightclub, bar and restaurant. On John Bright Street, rear on Hill Street.

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The+Victoria+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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The Victoria - A Birmingham Gem!

The Victoria is a public house next to the Alexandra Theatre, at the corner of John Bright Street and Station Street. It was built back in 1883, architect was Thomson Plevins

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