Historic England - The Black Country

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Am I right in thinking that the Gladstone inn is now in the Black Country Museum - can anyone confirm?

No Thats The Bottle and Glass at the museum (looks a bit similar) - used to be in Brierly Hil lRoad

[Albionic68]

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There are quite a few street scene pictures that I now imagine have dramatically changed. I could post some more but only if anyone is interested. PS. I have no idea where this is



I am not Black Country so this is new to me. It certainly looks pretty dramatic

The Gladstone Inn was on Portway Road in Wendesbury.......

https://thehistoryofwednesbury.wordp...-portway-road/

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Two pics on the same theme of finishing materials - I am assuming these were taken somewhere in the Black Country. I am always interested in materials of construction. These surprisingly show the use of stone as opposed to the more usual and common place brick. I find this curious assuming of course that it is in the Black Country.

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

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Two pics on the same theme of finishing materials - I am assuming these were taken somewhere in the Black Country. I am always interested in materials of construction. These surprisingly show the use of stone as opposed to the more usual and common place brick. I find this curious assuming of course that it is in the Black Country.

I agree about the stone, a bit of an anomaly, looks a bit like a scruffy Cotswolds! However the profile of the hill on the upper picture sure looks like the back of the Wrens Nest. See pic below.

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

After a second look it has to be Dudley cause I can see my mates Reliant three wheeler parked back of that house!

[Q165]

Stone could be an expensive building material except near to where it was found. It was often not economical to use it because of the costs involved in transportation. There were no such constraints on some such as the church and wealthier property owners. For general housing it would most often be the case that whatever was local was used. It is likely those buildings are/were in Dudley. The nearby Wrens Nest was used extensively for quarrying limestone for use in industry. It seems it was also used sometimes for housing. That was possibly the case here. It makes sense....I find it interesting anyway.