Historic site
Birmingham Back to Backs
37 locals recommend,
Location
55-63 Hurst St
Birmingham, England
Tips from locals
Well worth a visit to the original back to back houses in Birmingham , booking is recommended. Accesible from Hampton In Arden train station 17 mins into Birmingham Grand Central
The Birmingham Back to Backs (also known as Court 15) are the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses. They are preserved as examples of the thousands of similar houses that were built around shared courtyards, for the rapidly increasing population of Britain's expanding industrial towns. They are a very particular sort of British terraced housing. This sort of housing was deemed unsatisfactory, and the passage of the Public Health Act 1875 meant that no more were built; instead by law terraced houses took their place. This court, is now operated as a museum by the National Trust.
The Birmingham Back to Backs (also known as Court 15) are the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses. They are preserved as examples of the thousands of similar houses that were built around shared courtyards, for the rapidly increasing population of Britain's expanding industrial towns.…
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