Cottages in Slack Lane, Handsworth
viewed from the front garden of the old town hall
Cottages in Slack Lane, Handsworth
The original photograph has sadly not survived, this image is taken from a photocopy. No date for the picture was given.
Display on Stockwell improvement area, Handsworth
The Stockwell area was declared a general improvement area in 1974. This display panel records the area at the time. Use the zoomify function to look at the photographs in greater detail.
Handsworth Old Town Hall
Dating from the fifteenth century this is a fine example of the "cruck" method of construction with oak trunks supporting the walls (clearly visible in the end wall here). The Hall was rebuilt in the ...
Handsworth Old Town Hall by G Warren Blackham
The original Town Hall is situated in Grove Lane. The hall has been used as a workhouse, a lock-up and a parish office, for at least a century and a half. Described in 1709 as a messuage, and tenement, ...
Handsworth Old Town Hall by G Warren Blackham
This painting shows the Old Town Hall as it appeared in 1840. The hall has been used as a workhouse, a lock-up and a parish office, for at least a century and a half. Described in 1709 as a messuage, ...
Handsworth Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Handsworth Old Town Hall, Slack Lane, Handsworth, photographed in November 1981. Using the traditional cruck method of timber framing, the building dates from the 15th century and was renovated in 1947....
Handsworth Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth, on 13th August 1932. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored ...
Handsworth Town Hall
The Old Town Hall stands at the corner of College Road and Slack Lane, and is one of the best examples in England of the cruck method of timber frame construction. This method uses curved oak timbers ...
Old Town Hall by Helen Webb
After a drawing by J.Priddey.
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth c1870. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored in 1947. For ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth 1946. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored in 1947. For much ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth 1946. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored in 1947. For much ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth. (End View showing the barn now demolished).The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth 1967. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored in 1947. For much ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth 1946. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored in 1947. For ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth November 1981. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored in 1947. ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth 1946. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored in 1947. For much ...