Victoria Works
The Victoria Works is a former factory and a Grade II listed building in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. It was built in 1839–40 for the Joseph Gillott pen company, who manufactured dip pens, and was one of the first purpose-built factories in the Jewellery Quarter.Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Commerce
- Description: former pen factory in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- Also known as: “Victoria Works, Birmingham”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pen Museum and Ramgarhia Sikh Temple.
Pen Museum
Museum
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pen Museum is a national history museum in Birmingham, England, covering the history of Birmingham pen trade. The only museum in the United Kingdom devoted to the history of the pen making industry, the Pen Museum explains how Birmingham became the centre of the world pen trade.
Ramgarhia Sikh Temple
Gurdwara
Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0.
Ramgarhia Sikh Temple is a gurdwara.
Saint Paul’s Church
Church
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Paul's is a Church of England church in the Georgian St Paul's Square in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England. Saint Paul’s Church is situated 1,200 feet east of Victoria Works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewellery Quarter and Brindleyplace.
Jewellery Quarter
Suburb
Photo: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0.
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.
Brindleyplace
Locality
Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of Birmingham, England. It was named after Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built.
Gun Quarter
Locality
The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of military firearms and sporting guns.
Victoria Works
- Categories: factory and apartment building
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.48465° or 52° 29′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.91095° or 1° 54′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C4WF3MQ+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 139239812OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialWikidata ID
Q7927150
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