J. Ashford & Son building
The former Ashford & Sons factory in Birmingham, England is a Grade II* listed building in Arts & Crafts style. The factory, at 16-18 Great Hampton Street in the city's Jewellery Quarter, in the Hockley district, was designed by local architect Arthur McKewan and completed in 1912.Photo: Brianboru100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: former factory in Hockley, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ashford And Sons” and “J Ashford & Sons”
- Address: 16, 17, and 18 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blue Orange Theatre and Saint Paul’s Church.
Blue Orange Theatre
Theater building
The Blue Orange Theatre is an independent theatre located in the Jewellery Quarter in the centre of Birmingham, England. It was founded by the local producer and director Mark Webster and opened in April 2011, aiming to showcase new drama and writing from the city.
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 1,500 feet south of J. Ashford & Son building.
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Museum
Photo: Cams0ft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is a museum at 75–79 Vyse Street in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the nine museums run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom. Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is situated 1,100 feet northwest of J. Ashford & Son building.
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.
Newtown
Neighborhood
Newtown, also referred to as Aston New Town, is an inner city area to the north of Birmingham city centre, England and an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council.
J. Ashford & Son building
- Category: architectural structure
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.48929° or 52° 29′ 21″ northLongitude
-1.90776° or 1° 54′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C4WF3QR+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 98696353OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q17533266
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