Date:1790 - 1927 (c.)
Description:The former home of James Watt - inventor and engineer who worked with Matthew Boulton. It was built in 1790 and stood on grounds that lay between Hamstead Road, Church Hill Road and Heathfield Road. The workshop in the attic was left untouched by the subsequent owners and was eventually preserved with its contents at the South Kensington Museum in London. Taken from the T.E. Pemberton album held by the Handsworth Historical Society
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James Watt's attic workshop at his Heathfield home was preserved after his death in 1819. This exhibition ...
Following James Watt's death in 1819 Heathfield was inherited by his son James Watt junior. It seems ...
The Pembertons moved into Heathfield in February 1857. The house was being looked after by caretakers ...
Thomas Pemberton, in his biography of Watt, recalled the day when the attic was at last re-opened. "We ...
All who entered the attic were struck by the feeling that Watt had "just left the room" despite the ...
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Donor ref:Handsworth Historical Society/ Pemberton Album (7/3399)
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