The Anchorage, Birmingham

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The Anchorage
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The building in August 2013
The Anchorage, Birmingham
General information
TypeHouse
Architectural style Arts and Crafts
Address137, Handsworth Wood Road, Handsworth Wood
Town or city Birmingham
Country England
Coordinates 52°31′07″N1°55′47″W / 52.5185°N 1.92978°W / 52.5185; -1.92978 Coordinates: 52°31′07″N1°55′47″W / 52.5185°N 1.92978°W / 52.5185; -1.92978
Completed1899 (1899)
Designations Grade II* listed
Interior with murals by Fred Davis. Photograph by H. Bedford Lemere, May 1901. The Anchorage, Birmingham - BL16358.jpg
Interior with murals by Fred Davis. Photograph by H. Bedford Lemere, May 1901.

The Anchorage is a Grade II* listed building in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, England. [1]

It was built in 1899, to Arts and Crafts-style designs by Joseph Crouch and Edmund Butler, [1] as a house for Alfred Constantine, a manufacturing jeweller. [1] [2] At the time, the area was in Staffordshire. The building is made of brick, with stone dressing and applied timber framing. The roof is tiled, with an off-centre cupola. [1]

A fire in around 1977 burnt the main hall's minstrels' gallery and a set of murals, The Hunt and Feast, by Fred Davis. [1] [3] Other interior fittings include metal work by a member of the Bromsgrove Guild, possibly Benjamin Creswick, and embroidery by Mary Newill, who also made stained glass for some of the windows. [1]

The building was granted protection from unauthorised alteration through Grade II* listed designation on 8 July 1982. [1]

One of its attached garages has been converted into a self contained dwelling under the direction of HDA Architecture. [4] From 1983 to 2019 the building was occupied by the Jesus Fellowship Church as one of its Community Houses. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Historic England. "The Anchorage  (Grade II*) (1076319)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. "1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription" . 1901. Retrieved 29 October 2015 via Findmypast.
  3. Willsdon, Clare A. P. (2000). Mural Painting in Britain 1840-1940: Image and Meaning. Oxford University Press. p. 137. ISBN   978-0-19-817515-5.
  4. "Repairs and adaptation:The Anchorage, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham". HDA Architecture. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  5. "Jesus Fellowship Church, Birmingham". Jesus Fellowship Church . Retrieved 29 October 2015.