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| Court 6, Ann Street (later Colmore Row), 1860s. |
This is one of many of courts of back-to-back housing which existed in Birmingham, and were photographed during the Victorian period. This is court 6, Ann Street, which was just opposite the Town Hall, the roof of that building just visible near the chimney stacks to the right. The church in the background on the left is the now demolished Christ Church. At the time the image was taken, in the 1860s, the area was being prepared for demolition for the new Council House (which still stands on Victoria Square); the rubble in the foreground had previously been other housing.