Birmingham Back to Backs
The Birmingham Back to Backs are the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses. They are preserved as examples of the thousands of similar houses that were built around shared courtyards, for the rapidly increasing population of Britain's expanding industrial towns.Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: last surviving court of back-to-back houses in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, now operated as a museum
- Also known as: “50, 52 and 54 Inge Street, Numbers 1, 2 3 attached to rear, Numbers 55 to 63 (Odd) Hurst Street and attached wall and outhouses”, “Back To Backs”, “Back to Backs, Birmingham”, “Back-to-Backs, Birmingham”, “Birmingham Back-to-Backs”, and “Court 15”
- Address: Court 15 Hurst Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birmingham Hippodrome and Birmingham New Street railway station.
Birmingham Hippodrome
Theater building
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birmingham Hippodrome is a theatre situated on Hurst Street in the Chinese Quarter of Birmingham, England. Although best known as the home stage of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, it also hosts a wide variety of other performances including visiting opera and ballet companies, touring West End shows, pantomime and drama.
Birmingham New Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birmingham New Street, also known as New Street station, is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in Birmingham city centre, England. Birmingham New Street railway station is situated 1,300 feet north of Birmingham Back to Backs.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is situated 2,600 feet northwest of Birmingham Back to Backs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birmingham Chinatown and Birmingham Gay Village.
Birmingham Chinatown
Neighborhood
Birmingham Chinatown in Birmingham, England is located in the city centre's Southside. It is an area with a predominantly Chinese influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses, organisations and social clubs.
Birmingham Gay Village
Locality
Photo: Jenova20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birmingham Gay Village is an LGBT district next to the Chinese Quarter in Birmingham city centre, centred along Hurst Street, which hosts many LGBT-friendly businesses.
Digbeth
Suburb
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Digbeth is an area of central Birmingham, England. Following the remodelling of the Inner Ring Road, Digbeth is now considered a district within Birmingham City Centre.
Birmingham Back to Backs
- Categories: historic house museum, back-to-back houses, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.47429° or 52° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.89724° or 1° 53′ 50″ westOperator
National TrustOpen location code
9C4WF4F3+P4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1217149376OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q4916605
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In Other Languages
“Birmingham Back to Backs” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “バーミンガム・バック・トゥ・バックス”
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