Birmingham Assay Office
The Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, is located in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. The development of a silver industry in 18th century Birmingham was hampered by the legal requirement that items of solid silver be assayed, and the nearest Assay Offices were in Chester and London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Office building
- Description: one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Assay Office” and “The Assay Office”
- Address: Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 1SB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Paul’s Church and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Saint Paul’s Church
Church
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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 490 feet north of Birmingham Assay Office.
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 1,400 feet southeast of Birmingham Assay Office.
Library of Birmingham
Library
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House. Library of Birmingham is situated 1,600 feet south of Birmingham Assay Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewellery Quarter and Gun Quarter.
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.
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.
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.
Birmingham Assay Office
- Categories: building, assay office, museum, and office
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.48392° or 52° 29′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.90612° or 1° 54′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C4WF3MV+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 73077758OpenStreetMap feature
building=officeWikidata ID
Q4916599
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