Heathfield Hall

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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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The Medallion Machine

Alongside the medallion machine they also found many medallion moulds, a store of plaster of Paris and ...

The copying/ reducing machine

Dr Smiles observed: "Near at hand is the sculpture machine on which he continued working to the last". This ...

The overhead carrier of the Copying Machine

The overhead carrier of the bust lathe showing the drills and feelers. Also visible is the handkerchief ...

Years of neglect

Part of the upright from the sculpture/ copying machine clearly showing the decay and rot which had ...

Watt's possessions

Leather apron, snuff in lead case, razor pipe and straps

Related themes:

Watt, James Handsworth Detached Significant Residential Properties 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period) 1801 - 1836 (Late Georgian period & the Industrial Revolution) 1766 - 1800 (Mid-Georgian period & the Industrial Revolution

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Donor ref:Handsworth Historical Society/ Pemberton Album (7/3399)

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