Newhall Street is a street located in

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. Newhall Street stretches from Colmore Row in the city centre by St Phillip's Cathedral in a north-westerly direction towards the

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. Originally the road was the driveway to New Hall occupied by the Colmore family. New Hall was demolished in 1787 after being vacated by the Colmores and used as a warehouse by

Matthew Boulton Matthew Boulton (; 3 September 172817 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century, the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engin ...

. Newhall Street was so named in 1766, after opening as a public street in 1746 called Newport Street and then New Hall Walk.''A History of the Birmingham Telephone Area'', Tupling, R. E., 1978 The streets on the estate were named after the children of the family. A number of telephone exchanges have existed on the street: the 1896 Bell Edison Telephone building, Telephone House (still an exchange), the Cold War Anchor Exchange underneath it, and Brindley House (now renovated into an apartment block).

Notable buildings

Newhall Street lies in the ''Jewellery Quarter'' and ''Colmore Row and Environs'' Conservation Areas and has many

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s. *

17 & 19 Newhall Street, Birmingham 17 & 19 Newhall Street is a red brick and architectural terracotta Grade I listed building, situated on the corner of Newhall Street and Edmund Street in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Although its official name is 17 & 19 Newhall Stree ...

popularly known as the Bell Edison Telephone Building. This building is on the corner of Newhall Street and

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*The old

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(1877-2015) *Part of

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*The old

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, formerly the Elkington Silver Electroplating Works, where blue plaques commemorate George Elkington and also

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, inventor of the first plastic * The Queens Arms, a public house * Numbers 17 & 19, 27 & 29, 43-51, 44,46 & 48, 50 & 52, 54, 56, 58 & 60, 61, 144, 199, 204 & 206, the Assay Office, and the Queens Arms Public House are listed buildings. *Lock number 9 of the Farmer's Bridge flight of the

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stands under Newhall Street, with a lock gate on either side of the bridge.

Gallery

Image:Bell Edison Telephone Building.jpg, Bell Edison Telephone Building Image:Birmingham Assay Office - Newhall Street - Birmingham - 2005-10-13.jpg, Birmingham Assay Office Image:Old Science Museum, Birmingham.jpg, Decommissioned Museum of Science and Industry Image:The Queens Arms pub - Charlotte Street - Birmingham - 2005-10-14.jpg, The Queens Arms pub

Sources

*Ordnance Survey 1st Edition Map, 1890
Birmingham City Council - Conservation Areas (Colmore Row and Environs, Jewellery Quarter)

References

{{Streets in Birmingham Streets in Birmingham, West Midlands