Aston Hall - Birmingham Museums Trust Trinity Rd, Birmingham, England
Aston Hall has watched proudly over Birmingham for more than 400 years – not only is it one of the last great houses built in the Jacobean style, it’s also said to be one of the most haunted buildings in the UK. Designed by John Thorpe and built by Sir Thomas Holte between 1618 to […]
Blakesley Hall - Birmingham Museums Trust Blakesley Road, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Blakesley Hall is a picture-perfect timber-framed Tudor house which is situated just a few miles from the centre of Birmingham. The beautiful Elizabethan house is one of Birmingham’s oldest and most historically significant buildings. It was built over 430 years ago in 1590 by Richard Smalbroke, a member of one of Birmingham’s leading merchant families. […]
Sarehole Mill - Birmingham Museums Trust Cole Bank Road, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Walk in the footsteps of one of the most famous authors of all time and discover the inspiration behind the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy. JRR Tolkien grew up across the road from Sarehole Mill and in later life he would draw on its rural surroundings to create Middle Earth. If you’re a […]