Restoration of Coffin Fittings Works in Birmingham

Birmingham Conservation Trust are working on a project to restore Newman Brothers Coffin Fittings Works in Fleet Street.

This was a working building for over 100 years until it closed in 1999. It is typical of the type of building that sprung up in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham in the late 19th Century. Newman Brothers specialised in producing high quality coffin fittings in solid brass and later moulded resin. They also made shrouds and coffin linings.

Newman Brothers fittings were used on the coffins of many famous people including [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=8nRKvWYWZc8 width=640 height=480 anchor=”Winston Churchill”], [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=cEctLHKIB8Q width=640 height=480 anchor=”the Queen Mother”] and [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=73TbTi-gQ74 width=640 height=480 anchor=”Princess Diana”].

The building was opened to the public as part of the heritage Open days initiative in September 2013.

You can read a far more detailed article about the Newman Brothers Coffin Fittings Works by visiting the BCT website.