Panoramic.

Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City (7/12/14)

1976 Dodge Power Wagon/Hamerly

North Wildwood FD. Anglesea Vol Fire Co. Engine 232. 1992 Spartan/Beck

One of the dying breed of Wright Sreetlite WF's with Axe Vale. New to Impact and here since late 2020 and like all of its ilk, looking fairly battered! The warranty claims on these were a large part of the reason for Wright's failure - a Solo on steroids and proof once again that copying a sucessful design doesn't work (cf. Volvo B6, DAF SB120, Plaxton Primo, etc).

2017 Ford F-350

On Lichfield Road in Aston.

I went to have a look at Salford Park near Spaghetti Junction.

Near Aston Station

sculpture and chimney in silhouette

2017 Ford F-350

Hybrid, playing at Subterania, London, UK, 8th March 2019

Church of Ss Peter & Paul, Aston from Holborn Hill.

The New Years Day walk into Nechells.

Villa Park, home of Aston Villa FC behind.

The Britannia put on the left (Lichfield Road).

The church is on Witton Lane and near Aston Hall Road.

Grade II* listed building.

Anglican Church of Ss Peter and Paul, Birmingham

997/7/94 WITTON LANE

25-APR-52 WITTON

Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE B6

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

II*

997/7/94 WITTON LANE

25-APR-52 WITTON

Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE B6

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

II*

An Anglican parish church, originating before 1086, though nothing visible survives from this date. The west tower dates from the C15, with its spire renewed in 1776-7 by John Cheshire (circa 1739-1812); otherwise the church dates from 1879-90, with the south porch added in 1908, all to designs by Julius Alfred Chatwin (1830-1907). The church is constructed from brownish-grey sandstone, under slate roofs.

PLAN: The plan has nave, apsidal chancel, north and south aisles, north organ chamber and south chancel chapel, and south porches. Attached to the north and extending westwards is a late-C20 church centre (not of special interest).

EXTERIOR: The building is set on a moulded sandstone plinth, and has angle buttresses and pitched roofs. There is a west tower of four stages with angle buttresses, three-light windows and an unusual treatment of the bell stage, which has rows of segment-headed recesses with two tiers of trefoil-headed panels; the central pair are louvred, those flanking are blind. The stages are marked by moulded string courses. The tower is surmounted by an elegant, broachless octagonal spire. The tower, nave and chancel have unifying crenellations. The aisle windows and those to the south (Erdington) chapel have simple Y-tracery, with drip moulds and some head stops, in part to accommodate stained glass from the earlier church. The clerestory has windows of three lights, with cusped heads and trefoils in Decorated tracery above. The nave and chancel are continuous, the transition between the two marked by large pinnacles with gargoyles at their bases. The high, five-sided chancel has tall buttresses with multiple off-sets, and three-light windows with continuous mullions, those to the sides with similar tracery to those in the clerestory. Nave, chancel and chapel have gargoyles and moulded detailing.

INTERIOR: The interior is long and high, dominated by the apsidal east end; there is no chancel arch. The nave and chancel have a continuous hammer-beam roof, adapted to the apsidal chancel. There is parquet flooring to the nave and aisles, and mosaic floors in geometric designs to the chancel and the Erdington chapel. The west entrance under the tower gives access to the body of the church. The high C15 tower arch has four continuous chamfers. Immediately in front of it is the font, with elaborate cover; designed by Chatwin, it was installed in 1881. The seven-bay nave arcades are formed from pointed arches carried on alternating round and octagonal piers, with shallow capitals with foliate carving. Although there is no structural break between the nave and chancel, the decoration becomes more sumptuous at the east end. The hammer-beam roof has a wealth of carved timber angels, and punched decoration to the trusses. The elaborate two-bay chancel arcades have ogival arches, with rich embellishments including crocketing, cusping, angel figures and pinnacles. The apse has five fine stained glass windows by Hardman and Co, dating from 1885, depicting the Adoration of the Lamb. Below, the sanctuary is clad in marble, with rich carved and pierced decoration, incorporating canopied sedilia. The reredos has three similar marble canopies, over a stone relief triptych. These, and the other furnishings, were all designed by Chatwin, including the pulpit, which is situated at the eastern end of the nave; installed in 1885, it is of alabaster and marble, with biblical scenes in relief, and is integral with the truncated remains of the chancel screen. The Erdington chapel has a timber barrel-vaulted roof, mosaic floor and houses monuments to the Erdington family. In addition to the Hardman windows at the east end, there is further stained glass of the mid- and late C19 to the north and south aisles, Erdington chapel, and tower. Makers include Hardman and Co, Lavers and Barraud, Alexander Gibbs and Heaton, Butler and Bayne. A window of the C18, by Francis Eginton, is resited above the north door, now leading to the attached church centre.

MONUMENTS: The church has an important collection of effigies and mural monuments, dating in a wide range from the medieval period to the C19. In general, those to the Holte family of Aston Hall are situated in the north aisle, and those to the Erdingtons in the Erdington Chapel. There are further mural monuments sited in the north and south aisles, the Erdington Chapel, and under the tower. The monuments include the following, though the list is not exhaustive. An alabaster knight of circa 1360 and a sandstone lady of circa 1490 lying together on a tomb chest; said to be a C16 amalgamation of the two original tomb chests, possibly commemorating Ralph Arden and Elizabeth, wife of Robert Arden, and probably moved here from Maxstoke, his home. Sir Thomas Erdington (died 1433) and wife Joan or Anne Harcourt (died 1417); he is in armour, she in a long skirt and mantle, set on a chest tomb with carved shields and angels; probably erected circa 1460. Another similar effigy, probably to Sir William Harcourt (died 1482 or later), on a chest tomb with carved angels. William Holte (died 1514) and his wife, both effigies in sandstone, on a chest tomb. Portrait bust of 1883 of John Rogers, MA (died 1555); born in Deritend, Birmingham in 1500, Rogers was instrumental in the translation and revision of the Matthews Bible, which became the standard translation in 1537; he was burned at the stake in 1555 as part of Mary Tudor's persecution of Protestants. A mural monument with the kneeling figures of Edward Holte (died 1592) and his wife, Dorothy, set in a recess with Corinthian columns. Effigies of Sir Edward Devereux (died 1622) and his wife Katherine, on an altar tomb, in black marble and alabaster, under a pediment carried on Corinthian columns. A fine monument of the early C18, with weeping putti, to Sir Thomas Holte (died 1654) who built nearby Aston Hall. A draped tablet to Henry Charles (died 1700), servant to the Holte family for 33 years. A highly architectural monument to Sir John Bridgman (died 1710) by James Gibbs, 1726. Mural monument in the Baroque style, to Sir Charles Holte (died 1722). Mural monument to Robert Holden (died 1730) and wife Laetitia (died 1751) by Michael Rysbrack, 1753, with angel heads. A portrait medallion with mourner to Sir Charles Holte (died 1782). A sarcophagus on lion feet, to Sir Lister Holte, by Westmacott, 1794. John Feeney (1809-1899), benefactor of the church, an Arts and Crafts plaque with classical surround and figures, by George Frampton, 1901.

HISTORY: A church at Aston is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086), when Aston was a much more significant settlement than Birmingham, valued at 100 shillings as opposed to Birmingham's 20 shillings. At times during the Middle Ages the advowson was held by members of the de Erdington family; Thomas de Erdington founded a chantry in the church in 1449, and the family are commemorated in the Erdington Chapel in the current church. From the mid-C16 until 1818, the advowson descended with the manor of Aston, falling to the prominent Holte family who built nearby Aston Hall in the early C17 and remained lords of the manor for some 200 years. Members of the Holte family have monuments in the present church. Later in the C19, the advowson was with the Aston Trustees, with whom it has stayed.

The earliest surviving part of the current church is a small amount of C14 stonework set in the north aisle wall, though this is not legible as part of the earlier church building. The west tower was built during the C15, and its spire renewed by John Cheshire in 1776-7. Drawings indicate that during the early C19, the church had a chancel with an east window of circa 1300 of three lights and intersecting tracery, and with three south windows. The nave had a low-pitched roof, and the blocked head of a former chancel arch showed above the low-pitched chancel roof. The south aisle had three south lancet windows and C18 or early-C19 east window, above which was the blocked pointed head of the earlier east window. The mullions of the aisle and clerestory windows had been removed in 1790 when the roof and interior of the church had been restored.

Julius Alfred Chatwin, the foremost church architect in Birmingham in the later C19, set about rebuilding the church during the later C19; construction was carried out in phases from 1879. The construction of the chancel and Erdington Chapel was anonymously funded by John Feeney, owner of the Birmingham Post; Feeney was buried at the church, and is commemorated with a memorial by George Frampton, RA. The chancel and south chapel were complete by 1883, and the nave finished in 1889. The final elements, including the south porch, were not completed until 1908, the year after Chatwin's death. The building incorporated embellishments from the earlier church on the site, including some C19 stained glass, and fragments of the medieval phases, including a C14 piscina, resited in the south aisle. The south chapel was created as the Erdington Chapel, to house monuments to that family. A wide range of monuments from the earlier church was incorporated into the new building, ranged along the north and south aisles, north and south sides of the chancel, and in the Erdington Chapel.

A glass and metal-framed meeting room was inserted into the north aisle during the later C20. A church centre was built to the north-west in 1980, linked to the church on the north side. In 2009, a cruciform baptismal pool was added to the dais in front of the chancel.

SOURCES: Colvin, H, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects (4th edn, 2008), 249-50

Foster, A, Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham (2007), 279-81

Griffin, P and Griffin, P, Aston Parish Church: A History and Guide (2009)

Pevsner, N and Wedgwood, A, The Buildings of England: Warwickshire (1966), 146-8

History of the County of Warwick (Victoria County History), Volume 7: City of Birmingham (1964), 374-6

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul, Aston, is designated at Grade II*, for the following principal reasons:

* The west tower is an impressive, substantial survival from the C15, with an elegant spire added in 1776-7 by John Cheshire

* The remainder of the church, built to designs by J A Chatwin in 1879-1908, is a high-quality composition in a Gothic style, large in scale and rich in detail

* The interior has a sumptuous east end with a wealth of carved decoration, and an excellent suite of furnishings designed by Chatwin, complemented by good stained glass windows in opulent colours by Hardman and Co

* Its important relationship to Aston Hall and its owners, the Holte family, for whom this was their family church, and numbers of whom are commemorated here

* The church houses a large number of funerary monuments dating from the medieval period to the C19, all of good quality, and unusual in their spread and the extent of their survival

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

1976 Dodge Power Wagon/Hamerly

Villa Park from Witton Lane Gardens in Aston.

Views of the Holte End from Witton Lane Gardens.

A view of a snowy Aston Park from the Trinity Road. I was near The Holte End and The Holte pub when I took this.

This is as close as Aston Hall gets to Villa Park.

It looks like the perfect snowy wintery scene.

From here you can see the Stable Range (and to the left of that the North Lodge). On the far left is the South Lodge. Aston Hall is in the middle.

All buildings here are Grade I listed.

Stable Range:

Mid C18 stable range of 2 storeys, red brick with plain gables set over first

floor windows. Tiled roof. Three-light mullioned casements with drip-cornices

facing east. Stable openings to west front. Linked by weathered coping screen

wall to north lodge.

Stable Range - Heritage Gateway

Lodges:

Circa 1635 or possibly a slightly later C17 addition. Brick walls step down

from the outer corners of the wings on the entrance front extending east to

terminate in the lodges creating a symmetrical formed frame to the approach

to the Hall. Weathered brick coping to walls. The lodges are small on a

square plan but of 2 storeys red and diapered brick with stone dressings.

Two storey oriel bays to front with strapwork cresting and shaped finialed

gables as on Hall. External chimney stacks to outer sides with clustered

octagonal shafts.

Lodges - Heritage Gateway

Aston Hall:

1618-35 for Sir Thomas Holte. A major early Jacobean house on a grand scale

with a main block facing east, the forecourt enclosed by projecting flanking

wings each with a square turret breaking slightly from the inner face. Shaped

gables to front of wings and across symmetrical elevation of main block which

in surmounted by an axial tower rising in 3 stages from the balustraded parapet

to terminate in a 2 tier cupola: the dome on a square base over the original

lower tier. Surprisingly restrained ornament to the elevations of red brick

with darker brick diaper, the stone facings and quoins reserved for the corners.

Well proportioned mullion and transom windows, with 2 storey canted oriel

windows crested by strapwork to the ends of the wings. The central stone

doorway, giving immediately into the centre of the hall, has Doric columns,

entablature and cartouches above framed by strapwork and surmounted by ball

finials. An inscription bears the date 1618. Plans for the ground and first

floors survive in John Thorpe's book of drawings in the Soame Museum but there

are differences in execution, particularly the plan of the hall, a provision

for a polygonal end to the chapel on the south front and 3 bays on the west

the foundations of which survive. Alterations may well have taken place following

damage in the Civil War. Narrow wings abut the outer faces of the main forecourt

wings but were originally of one storey only at their east and west ends

heightened in the late C17. An arcaded loggia flanks the chapel projection

in the centre of the south front. The west range has a 2 storey main elevation

with a flat roof ro the Long Gallery on the first floor, the main block of

the hall rising on the third storey behind with 6 shaped gables and a chimney

stack with 6 grouped octagonal shafts. Archway to loggia at south end originally

one storey but as on east front heightened late C17, corresponding archway

added to north end in C18. The north elevation service/kitchen range with

considerable alterations to fenestration in the late C17 and C18 and with

early C19 service one storey additions. Very fine interior with wealth of

decorations in contrast to almost classical restraint of exterior. Much panelling

and architectural framework to doorways in great hall and to many of the monumental

chimney pieces in stone end alabaster. Richly carved strapwork balustrade

staircase in square well. One hundred and thirty six feet long, well preserved,

long gallery. Considerable amount of original decorative plasterwork to frieze

and ceilings but desceptively successful imitation Jacobean plasterwork carried

out for John Watt the younger, leasee of the Hall in the 1818 to 1848.

Aston Hall - Heritage Gateway

On Lichfield Road in Aston, close to Aston Station.

Seen on New Years Day 2016.

The Britannia pub and Eritrea Cafe. Seen from Aston Station.

Grade II listed pub.

The Britannia Public House, Birmingham

SP 08 NE BIRMINGHAM LlCHFIELD ROAD

7/10001 The Britannia Public House

10.12.91 II

Public house. 1898-1900 by Wood & Kendrick for Mitchells & Butlers Ltd. Brown glazed brick to the ground floor, buff terracotta with red-brick band between the second and third floors, red tiled roof. PLAN. Large public bar at front with smoke room behind. Large function room above. EXTERIOR. Eclectic Jacobean Renaissance style. 1:2:2:2:1 bay front, the centre 6 bays break forward in a wide, canted bay. The ground floor is faced with brown glazed bricks with inset panels of embossed tiles in the base course. Large elliptical wooden traceried window with leaded panes containing original glass. Doorways with overlights with etched glass bearing the name 'Britannia'. Above terracotta balustrades on large brackets with urn finials. First floor straight-headed windows with transoms and 2-light centre window with pilasters and pediment. Second floor with arcade of round-headed windows with keyblocks and nook shafts. Terracotta balustrade above with attic window in centre with truncated gable surmounted by the seated figure of Britannia. INTERIOR. Public bar, passage and staircase have walls entirely covered by tiles. The brown tile dado contains vertical strips of pale blue-grey embossed tiles with flowers emerging from pots; this design by Lewis F. Day and made by Maw & Co. of Jackfield. Above pale brown tiles with stylised foliage. Frieze of grey-blue and brown tiles with stylised foliage patterns. Original bar back with etched glass mirrors. Glazed wooden screen between passage and public bar and including a doorway. Mosaic floor in the passage by the stairs. Door to back room has etched glass bearing the figure of Britannia and the words 'Smoking Room'. Black and white marble chimneypiece and bell-pushes in the Smoke Room. Staircase with moulded balusters and large newels and finials. In the meeting room upstairs original fixed seating: in the centre is a seat with arm rests for the chairman at meetings of the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes. HISTORY. The building began as the Aston Hall Tavern in 1867 but was renamed The Britannia in 1872. Henry Mitchell & Co. bought a 99-year lease in 1896, covenanting to rebuild within ten years. It passed to Mitchells & Butlers who rebuilt it in 1899-1900.

A good example of an ambitious turn-of-the-century Birmingham public house with an impressive facade and rich tiled interior. Source: A. Crawford, M. Dunn and R. Thorne, Birmingham Pubs 1880-1939 (Gloucester, 1986), pp. 90-1.

Listing NGR: SP0878989517

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

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Aston Villa mural at The Holte Pub.

It is the year of Aston Villa's 150th anniversary (founded 1874).

Another look around Villa Park, around 3 weekends after the Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning concert / gig, and a matter of days after the passing of the late Ozzy Osbourne (December 1948 - July 2025).

The Aston Villa mural painted by Mr Murals.

On Witton Lane near The Holte End.

The mural features Ollie Watkins, Rachel Daly and Emiliano Martinez.

Prensa Deportivo Táchira

El carrusel aurinegro empató a un gol con El Vigía FC, en el templo sagrado del fútbol nacional, en partido correspondiente a la tercera fecha del torneo apertura, rompiendo así la racha de triunfos consecutivos que mantenía desde el inicio del campeonato.

Habynson Escobar al minuto 40 adelantó al Deportivo Táchira en el marcador, y quince minutos después respondió Víctor Miranda con un gol de gran nivel que enmudeció a Pueblo Nuevo.

Ficha Técnica

Deportivo Táchira (1): Manuel Sanhouse, Gerzon Chacón, José González, Julio Machado, José L. Granados; Javier Villafraz (Marlon

Fernández 69´), Tomás Rincón, Guillermo Beraza, Roberto Bobadilla (Mauricio Parra 53´); Habynson Escobar, Yonathan Del Valle (Edgar Pérez Greco 53´).

D.T.: Carlos Maldonado.

Suplentes sin jugar: Daniel Valdés, Henry Valderrama, Engelbert Pérez, Lidio Benítez.

El Vigía F.C. (1): Edward Ibarbo; Raúl Carmona, Wasmis Hernández, Alveiro Aislant, Néstor Acosta; Lenín Uzcátegui, Andrés Buendía, Víctor Miranda (Wisllinton Rentería 75´), Orlando Rengifo; Jorge Ruiz (Carlos Chacón 46´) (José Barros 49´), Erick Cantillo.

D.T.: Juan Eugenio Jiménez.

Suplentes sin jugar: Javier Peña, Raúl Valona, Jorge Guerra, Juan Caro.

Goles: Habynson Escobar a los 40´(Táchira); Víctor Miranda a los 55´ (El Vigía)

Amarillas: Parra, Machado(Táchira); Acosta, Ibarbo (El Vigía).

Arbitro: José Argote (Zulia).

Arbitros asistentes: José Cecilio Hoyo, José R. Linares (Trujillo)

Asistencia:12500 personas

Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City (15/2/15) FA Cup

Prensa Deportivo Táchira

El carrusel aurinegro empató a un gol con El Vigía FC, en el templo sagrado del fútbol nacional, en partido correspondiente a la tercera fecha del torneo apertura, rompiendo así la racha de triunfos consecutivos que mantenía desde el inicio del campeonato.

Habynson Escobar al minuto 40 adelantó al Deportivo Táchira en el marcador, y quince minutos después respondió Víctor Miranda con un gol de gran nivel que enmudeció a Pueblo Nuevo.

Ficha Técnica

Deportivo Táchira (1): Manuel Sanhouse, Gerzon Chacón, José González, Julio Machado, José L. Granados; Javier Villafraz (Marlon

Fernández 69´), Tomás Rincón, Guillermo Beraza, Roberto Bobadilla (Mauricio Parra 53´); Habynson Escobar, Yonathan Del Valle (Edgar Pérez Greco 53´).

D.T.: Carlos Maldonado.

Suplentes sin jugar: Daniel Valdés, Henry Valderrama, Engelbert Pérez, Lidio Benítez.

El Vigía F.C. (1): Edward Ibarbo; Raúl Carmona, Wasmis Hernández, Alveiro Aislant, Néstor Acosta; Lenín Uzcátegui, Andrés Buendía, Víctor Miranda (Wisllinton Rentería 75´), Orlando Rengifo; Jorge Ruiz (Carlos Chacón 46´) (José Barros 49´), Erick Cantillo.

D.T.: Juan Eugenio Jiménez.

Suplentes sin jugar: Javier Peña, Raúl Valona, Jorge Guerra, Juan Caro.

Goles: Habynson Escobar a los 40´(Táchira); Víctor Miranda a los 55´ (El Vigía)

Amarillas: Parra, Machado(Táchira); Acosta, Ibarbo (El Vigía).

Arbitro: José Argote (Zulia).

Arbitros asistentes: José Cecilio Hoyo, José R. Linares (Trujillo)

Asistencia:12500 personas

2017 Ford F-350

Abridge Village 6-2 Valentine United

Essex Sunday Corinthian Football League

League Cup, Group D

Sunday 23rd May 2021

At Abridge Village Hall, Abridge

This is the driveway in Aston Park. Not really knowing which way to walk up, I followed the vehicle road up towards Aston Hall.

It looks nice and peaceful with the snow.

View of Villa Park (behind the trees) and The Holte pub (on the right) from Aston Park. Near the bottom of the driveway. Not much of a wall, since it ends by the beginning of Trinity Road.

The Holte is a pub at the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane in Aston. It was formerly owned by Mitchells and Butlers. I was closed for around 30 years before being restored in 2007 (thanks to new chairman Randy Lerner).

It is a Victorian building, dating from at least 1897. It was built as The Holte Hotel. It used to have 10 bedrooms, it's own 400 capacity music hall, billiard rooms and two bowling greens. The hotel, essentially a late Victorian pub, was located adjacent to Villa Park, one of the most historic stadiums in England.

The name Holte is synonymous with Villa Park’s Holte End, which was once the largest Kop in the country. The massive Holte End stand used to hold up to 22,600 supporters.

The Holte restoration

The Holte Hotel, which originates back to 1897, has been derelict and boarded up for 28 years until Villa's new billionaire owner Randy Lerner and his team sanctioned its restoration.

The pub is seen as a local landmark and was once a popular drinking hole for fans until the late 1970s and will now give Villa Park an impressive facade. It is also the first glimpse visiting supporters have as they approach the ground in Aston from the M6 motorway.

Birmingham Post Holte Hotel article

Note: This is in Villa Park and Aston Park in Aston, Birmingham, UK, and not in the US. Nothing to do with a retirement home. The Holte pub is not one either.

The Church of St Peter & St Paul in Aston.

Taken on a return visit to Aston Hall & Park to see In Memoriam by Luke Jerram.

The church is on Witton Lane and near Aston Hall Road.

This view from Aston Park.

Grade II* listed building.

Anglican Church of Ss Peter and Paul, Birmingham

997/7/94 WITTON LANE

25-APR-52 WITTON

Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE B6

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

II*

997/7/94 WITTON LANE

25-APR-52 WITTON

Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE B6

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

II*

An Anglican parish church, originating before 1086, though nothing visible survives from this date. The west tower dates from the C15, with its spire renewed in 1776-7 by John Cheshire (circa 1739-1812); otherwise the church dates from 1879-90, with the south porch added in 1908, all to designs by Julius Alfred Chatwin (1830-1907). The church is constructed from brownish-grey sandstone, under slate roofs.

PLAN: The plan has nave, apsidal chancel, north and south aisles, north organ chamber and south chancel chapel, and south porches. Attached to the north and extending westwards is a late-C20 church centre (not of special interest).

EXTERIOR: The building is set on a moulded sandstone plinth, and has angle buttresses and pitched roofs. There is a west tower of four stages with angle buttresses, three-light windows and an unusual treatment of the bell stage, which has rows of segment-headed recesses with two tiers of trefoil-headed panels; the central pair are louvred, those flanking are blind. The stages are marked by moulded string courses. The tower is surmounted by an elegant, broachless octagonal spire. The tower, nave and chancel have unifying crenellations. The aisle windows and those to the south (Erdington) chapel have simple Y-tracery, with drip moulds and some head stops, in part to accommodate stained glass from the earlier church. The clerestory has windows of three lights, with cusped heads and trefoils in Decorated tracery above. The nave and chancel are continuous, the transition between the two marked by large pinnacles with gargoyles at their bases. The high, five-sided chancel has tall buttresses with multiple off-sets, and three-light windows with continuous mullions, those to the sides with similar tracery to those in the clerestory. Nave, chancel and chapel have gargoyles and moulded detailing.

INTERIOR: The interior is long and high, dominated by the apsidal east end; there is no chancel arch. The nave and chancel have a continuous hammer-beam roof, adapted to the apsidal chancel. There is parquet flooring to the nave and aisles, and mosaic floors in geometric designs to the chancel and the Erdington chapel. The west entrance under the tower gives access to the body of the church. The high C15 tower arch has four continuous chamfers. Immediately in front of it is the font, with elaborate cover; designed by Chatwin, it was installed in 1881. The seven-bay nave arcades are formed from pointed arches carried on alternating round and octagonal piers, with shallow capitals with foliate carving. Although there is no structural break between the nave and chancel, the decoration becomes more sumptuous at the east end. The hammer-beam roof has a wealth of carved timber angels, and punched decoration to the trusses. The elaborate two-bay chancel arcades have ogival arches, with rich embellishments including crocketing, cusping, angel figures and pinnacles. The apse has five fine stained glass windows by Hardman and Co, dating from 1885, depicting the Adoration of the Lamb. Below, the sanctuary is clad in marble, with rich carved and pierced decoration, incorporating canopied sedilia. The reredos has three similar marble canopies, over a stone relief triptych. These, and the other furnishings, were all designed by Chatwin, including the pulpit, which is situated at the eastern end of the nave; installed in 1885, it is of alabaster and marble, with biblical scenes in relief, and is integral with the truncated remains of the chancel screen. The Erdington chapel has a timber barrel-vaulted roof, mosaic floor and houses monuments to the Erdington family. In addition to the Hardman windows at the east end, there is further stained glass of the mid- and late C19 to the north and south aisles, Erdington chapel, and tower. Makers include Hardman and Co, Lavers and Barraud, Alexander Gibbs and Heaton, Butler and Bayne. A window of the C18, by Francis Eginton, is resited above the north door, now leading to the attached church centre.

MONUMENTS: The church has an important collection of effigies and mural monuments, dating in a wide range from the medieval period to the C19. In general, those to the Holte family of Aston Hall are situated in the north aisle, and those to the Erdingtons in the Erdington Chapel. There are further mural monuments sited in the north and south aisles, the Erdington Chapel, and under the tower. The monuments include the following, though the list is not exhaustive. An alabaster knight of circa 1360 and a sandstone lady of circa 1490 lying together on a tomb chest; said to be a C16 amalgamation of the two original tomb chests, possibly commemorating Ralph Arden and Elizabeth, wife of Robert Arden, and probably moved here from Maxstoke, his home. Sir Thomas Erdington (died 1433) and wife Joan or Anne Harcourt (died 1417); he is in armour, she in a long skirt and mantle, set on a chest tomb with carved shields and angels; probably erected circa 1460. Another similar effigy, probably to Sir William Harcourt (died 1482 or later), on a chest tomb with carved angels. William Holte (died 1514) and his wife, both effigies in sandstone, on a chest tomb. Portrait bust of 1883 of John Rogers, MA (died 1555); born in Deritend, Birmingham in 1500, Rogers was instrumental in the translation and revision of the Matthews Bible, which became the standard translation in 1537; he was burned at the stake in 1555 as part of Mary Tudor's persecution of Protestants. A mural monument with the kneeling figures of Edward Holte (died 1592) and his wife, Dorothy, set in a recess with Corinthian columns. Effigies of Sir Edward Devereux (died 1622) and his wife Katherine, on an altar tomb, in black marble and alabaster, under a pediment carried on Corinthian columns. A fine monument of the early C18, with weeping putti, to Sir Thomas Holte (died 1654) who built nearby Aston Hall. A draped tablet to Henry Charles (died 1700), servant to the Holte family for 33 years. A highly architectural monument to Sir John Bridgman (died 1710) by James Gibbs, 1726. Mural monument in the Baroque style, to Sir Charles Holte (died 1722). Mural monument to Robert Holden (died 1730) and wife Laetitia (died 1751) by Michael Rysbrack, 1753, with angel heads. A portrait medallion with mourner to Sir Charles Holte (died 1782). A sarcophagus on lion feet, to Sir Lister Holte, by Westmacott, 1794. John Feeney (1809-1899), benefactor of the church, an Arts and Crafts plaque with classical surround and figures, by George Frampton, 1901.

HISTORY: A church at Aston is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086), when Aston was a much more significant settlement than Birmingham, valued at 100 shillings as opposed to Birmingham's 20 shillings. At times during the Middle Ages the advowson was held by members of the de Erdington family; Thomas de Erdington founded a chantry in the church in 1449, and the family are commemorated in the Erdington Chapel in the current church. From the mid-C16 until 1818, the advowson descended with the manor of Aston, falling to the prominent Holte family who built nearby Aston Hall in the early C17 and remained lords of the manor for some 200 years. Members of the Holte family have monuments in the present church. Later in the C19, the advowson was with the Aston Trustees, with whom it has stayed.

The earliest surviving part of the current church is a small amount of C14 stonework set in the north aisle wall, though this is not legible as part of the earlier church building. The west tower was built during the C15, and its spire renewed by John Cheshire in 1776-7. Drawings indicate that during the early C19, the church had a chancel with an east window of circa 1300 of three lights and intersecting tracery, and with three south windows. The nave had a low-pitched roof, and the blocked head of a former chancel arch showed above the low-pitched chancel roof. The south aisle had three south lancet windows and C18 or early-C19 east window, above which was the blocked pointed head of the earlier east window. The mullions of the aisle and clerestory windows had been removed in 1790 when the roof and interior of the church had been restored.

Julius Alfred Chatwin, the foremost church architect in Birmingham in the later C19, set about rebuilding the church during the later C19; construction was carried out in phases from 1879. The construction of the chancel and Erdington Chapel was anonymously funded by John Feeney, owner of the Birmingham Post; Feeney was buried at the church, and is commemorated with a memorial by George Frampton, RA. The chancel and south chapel were complete by 1883, and the nave finished in 1889. The final elements, including the south porch, were not completed until 1908, the year after Chatwin's death. The building incorporated embellishments from the earlier church on the site, including some C19 stained glass, and fragments of the medieval phases, including a C14 piscina, resited in the south aisle. The south chapel was created as the Erdington Chapel, to house monuments to that family. A wide range of monuments from the earlier church was incorporated into the new building, ranged along the north and south aisles, north and south sides of the chancel, and in the Erdington Chapel.

A glass and metal-framed meeting room was inserted into the north aisle during the later C20. A church centre was built to the north-west in 1980, linked to the church on the north side. In 2009, a cruciform baptismal pool was added to the dais in front of the chancel.

SOURCES: Colvin, H, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects (4th edn, 2008), 249-50

Foster, A, Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham (2007), 279-81

Griffin, P and Griffin, P, Aston Parish Church: A History and Guide (2009)

Pevsner, N and Wedgwood, A, The Buildings of England: Warwickshire (1966), 146-8

History of the County of Warwick (Victoria County History), Volume 7: City of Birmingham (1964), 374-6

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul, Aston, is designated at Grade II*, for the following principal reasons:

* The west tower is an impressive, substantial survival from the C15, with an elegant spire added in 1776-7 by John Cheshire

* The remainder of the church, built to designs by J A Chatwin in 1879-1908, is a high-quality composition in a Gothic style, large in scale and rich in detail

* The interior has a sumptuous east end with a wealth of carved decoration, and an excellent suite of furnishings designed by Chatwin, complemented by good stained glass windows in opulent colours by Hardman and Co

* Its important relationship to Aston Hall and its owners, the Holte family, for whom this was their family church, and numbers of whom are commemorated here

* The church houses a large number of funerary monuments dating from the medieval period to the C19, all of good quality, and unusual in their spread and the extent of their survival

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

Views of The Holte pub from the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane. Villa Park is behind it (The Holte End stand).

The Holte is a pub at the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane in Aston. It was formerly owned by Mitchells and Butlers. I was closed for around 30 years before being restored in 2007 (thanks to new chairman Randy Lerner).

It is a Victorian building, dating from at least 1897. It was built as The Holte Hotel. It used to have 10 bedrooms, it's own 400 capacity music hall, billiard rooms and two bowling greens. The hotel, essentially a late Victorian pub, was located adjacent to Villa Park, one of the most historic stadiums in England.

The name Holte is synonymous with Villa Park’s Holte End, which was once the largest Kop in the country. The massive Holte End stand used to hold up to 22,600 supporters.

The Holte restoration

The Holte Hotel, which originates back to 1897, has been derelict and boarded up for 28 years until Villa's new billionaire owner Randy Lerner and his team sanctioned its restoration.

The pub is seen as a local landmark and was once a popular drinking hole for fans until the late 1970s and will now give Villa Park an impressive facade. It is also the first glimpse visiting supporters have as they approach the ground in Aston from the M6 motorway.

Birmingham Post Holte Hotel article

Southampton FC v Aston Villa FC at St Mary's Southampton. Saints last home game of 2014 / 2015 season. Saints 6 Villa 1. Sado Mane scored the fastest ever hat trick in the Premier League, scoring 3 goals in 2 minutes and 56 seconds!

On Lichfield Road in Aston.

The Britannia - this time taken heading down the steps from Aston Station - Platform 1.

Saw a Mitchells & Butlers ghost sign on the left.

Still being used as the Eritrea Cafe.

Grade II listed pub.

The Britannia Public House, Birmingham

SP 08 NE BIRMINGHAM LlCHFIELD ROAD

7/10001 The Britannia Public House

10.12.91 II

Public house. 1898-1900 by Wood & Kendrick for Mitchells & Butlers Ltd. Brown glazed brick to the ground floor, buff terracotta with red-brick band between the second and third floors, red tiled roof. PLAN. Large public bar at front with smoke room behind. Large function room above. EXTERIOR. Eclectic Jacobean Renaissance style. 1:2:2:2:1 bay front, the centre 6 bays break forward in a wide, canted bay. The ground floor is faced with brown glazed bricks with inset panels of embossed tiles in the base course. Large elliptical wooden traceried window with leaded panes containing original glass. Doorways with overlights with etched glass bearing the name 'Britannia'. Above terracotta balustrades on large brackets with urn finials. First floor straight-headed windows with transoms and 2-light centre window with pilasters and pediment. Second floor with arcade of round-headed windows with keyblocks and nook shafts. Terracotta balustrade above with attic window in centre with truncated gable surmounted by the seated figure of Britannia. INTERIOR. Public bar, passage and staircase have walls entirely covered by tiles. The brown tile dado contains vertical strips of pale blue-grey embossed tiles with flowers emerging from pots; this design by Lewis F. Day and made by Maw & Co. of Jackfield. Above pale brown tiles with stylised foliage. Frieze of grey-blue and brown tiles with stylised foliage patterns. Original bar back with etched glass mirrors. Glazed wooden screen between passage and public bar and including a doorway. Mosaic floor in the passage by the stairs. Door to back room has etched glass bearing the figure of Britannia and the words 'Smoking Room'. Black and white marble chimneypiece and bell-pushes in the Smoke Room. Staircase with moulded balusters and large newels and finials. In the meeting room upstairs original fixed seating: in the centre is a seat with arm rests for the chairman at meetings of the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes. HISTORY. The building began as the Aston Hall Tavern in 1867 but was renamed The Britannia in 1872. Henry Mitchell & Co. bought a 99-year lease in 1896, covenanting to rebuild within ten years. It passed to Mitchells & Butlers who rebuilt it in 1899-1900.

A good example of an ambitious turn-of-the-century Birmingham public house with an impressive facade and rich tiled interior. Source: A. Crawford, M. Dunn and R. Thorne, Birmingham Pubs 1880-1939 (Gloucester, 1986), pp. 90-1.

Listing NGR: SP0878989517

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

This is Witton Station, the closest train station to Villa Park, home of Aston Villa FC (Aston Station is further away from the stadium).

The station first opened in 1837. The current shelters date to the 1950s.

Signs pointing the way from Witton Station to the left for Aston Villa FC.

Realistic expansion plan of what Villa Park needs to be if the club are to challenge for the League and European Cup. Capacity should reach above 60,000 seats with this layout.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 12: Said Benrahma of West Ham United celebrates scoring his side's first goal from the penalty spot during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Aston Villa at London Stadium on March 12, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images)

Road sign of Witton Lane near The Holte pub.

The Holte is a pub at the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane in Aston. It was formerly owned by Mitchells and Butlers. I was closed for around 30 years before being restored in 2007 (thanks to new chairman Randy Lerner).

It is a Victorian building, dating from at least 1897. It was built as The Holte Hotel. It used to have 10 bedrooms, it's own 400 capacity music hall, billiard rooms and two bowling greens. The hotel, essentially a late Victorian pub, was located adjacent to Villa Park, one of the most historic stadiums in England.

The name Holte is synonymous with Villa Park’s Holte End, which was once the largest Kop in the country. The massive Holte End stand used to hold up to 22,600 supporters.

The Holte restoration

The Holte Hotel, which originates back to 1897, has been derelict and boarded up for 28 years until Villa's new billionaire owner Randy Lerner and his team sanctioned its restoration.

The pub is seen as a local landmark and was once a popular drinking hole for fans until the late 1970s and will now give Villa Park an impressive facade. It is also the first glimpse visiting supporters have as they approach the ground in Aston from the M6 motorway.

Birmingham Post Holte Hotel article

Views of The Holte pub on Witton Lane.

The Holte is a pub at the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane in Aston. It was formerly owned by Mitchells and Butlers. I was closed for around 30 years before being restored in 2007 (thanks to new chairman Randy Lerner).

It is a Victorian building, dating from at least 1897. It was built as The Holte Hotel. It used to have 10 bedrooms, it's own 400 capacity music hall, billiard rooms and two bowling greens. The hotel, essentially a late Victorian pub, was located adjacent to Villa Park, one of the most historic stadiums in England.

The name Holte is synonymous with Villa Park’s Holte End, which was once the largest Kop in the country. The massive Holte End stand used to hold up to 22,600 supporters.

The Holte restoration

The Holte Hotel, which originates back to 1897, has been derelict and boarded up for 28 years until Villa's new billionaire owner Randy Lerner and his team sanctioned its restoration.

The pub is seen as a local landmark and was once a popular drinking hole for fans until the late 1970s and will now give Villa Park an impressive facade. It is also the first glimpse visiting supporters have as they approach the ground in Aston from the M6 motorway.

Birmingham Post Holte Hotel article

On matchday's, you can buy merchandise from here.

Southampton FC v Aston Villa FC at St Mary's Southampton. Saints last home game of 2014 / 2015 season. Saints 6 Villa 1. Sado Mane scored the fastest ever hat trick in the Premier League, scoring 3 goals in 2 minutes and 56 seconds!

Shots of Villa Park from Witton Lane. Was heading towards the Doug Ellis Stand, but saw that it was icy up ahead and turned back.

A sign showing the way to the Holte End Ticket Office.

The Holte End is a large two tiered structure, opened in the 1994/95 season and holds 13,500 supporters. The other end, the North Stand, is older (built in the late 1970's), but still modern looking. This is two tiered, with a double row of executive boxes running across the middle.

Football Ground Guide - Villa Park

Southampton FC v Aston Villa FC at St Mary's Southampton. Saints last home game of 2014 / 2015 season. Saints 6 Villa 1. Sado Mane scored the fastest ever hat trick in the Premier League, scoring 3 goals in 2 minutes and 56 seconds!

This is The Holte Pub as seen from Trinity Road.

The Holte is a pub at the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane in Aston. It was formerly owned by Mitchells and Butlers. I was closed for around 30 years before being restored in 2007 (thanks to new chairman Randy Lerner).

It is a Victorian building, dating from at least 1897. It was built as The Holte Hotel. It used to have 10 bedrooms, it's own 400 capacity music hall, billiard rooms and two bowling greens. The hotel, essentially a late Victorian pub, was located adjacent to Villa Park, one of the most historic stadiums in England.

The name Holte is synonymous with Villa Park’s Holte End, which was once the largest Kop in the country. The massive Holte End stand used to hold up to 22,600 supporters.

The Holte restoration

The Holte Hotel, which originates back to 1897, has been derelict and boarded up for 28 years until Villa's new billionaire owner Randy Lerner and his team sanctioned its restoration.

The pub is seen as a local landmark and was once a popular drinking hole for fans until the late 1970s and will now give Villa Park an impressive facade. It is also the first glimpse visiting supporters have as they approach the ground in Aston from the M6 motorway.

Birmingham Post Holte Hotel article

Manchester, UK

On Lichfield Road in Aston.

The Britannia - this time taken heading down the steps from Aston Station - Platform 1.

Saw a Mitchells & Butlers ghost sign on the left.

Still being used as the Eritrea Cafe.

Grade II listed pub.

The Britannia Public House, Birmingham

SP 08 NE BIRMINGHAM LlCHFIELD ROAD

7/10001 The Britannia Public House

10.12.91 II

Public house. 1898-1900 by Wood & Kendrick for Mitchells & Butlers Ltd. Brown glazed brick to the ground floor, buff terracotta with red-brick band between the second and third floors, red tiled roof. PLAN. Large public bar at front with smoke room behind. Large function room above. EXTERIOR. Eclectic Jacobean Renaissance style. 1:2:2:2:1 bay front, the centre 6 bays break forward in a wide, canted bay. The ground floor is faced with brown glazed bricks with inset panels of embossed tiles in the base course. Large elliptical wooden traceried window with leaded panes containing original glass. Doorways with overlights with etched glass bearing the name 'Britannia'. Above terracotta balustrades on large brackets with urn finials. First floor straight-headed windows with transoms and 2-light centre window with pilasters and pediment. Second floor with arcade of round-headed windows with keyblocks and nook shafts. Terracotta balustrade above with attic window in centre with truncated gable surmounted by the seated figure of Britannia. INTERIOR. Public bar, passage and staircase have walls entirely covered by tiles. The brown tile dado contains vertical strips of pale blue-grey embossed tiles with flowers emerging from pots; this design by Lewis F. Day and made by Maw & Co. of Jackfield. Above pale brown tiles with stylised foliage. Frieze of grey-blue and brown tiles with stylised foliage patterns. Original bar back with etched glass mirrors. Glazed wooden screen between passage and public bar and including a doorway. Mosaic floor in the passage by the stairs. Door to back room has etched glass bearing the figure of Britannia and the words 'Smoking Room'. Black and white marble chimneypiece and bell-pushes in the Smoke Room. Staircase with moulded balusters and large newels and finials. In the meeting room upstairs original fixed seating: in the centre is a seat with arm rests for the chairman at meetings of the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes. HISTORY. The building began as the Aston Hall Tavern in 1867 but was renamed The Britannia in 1872. Henry Mitchell & Co. bought a 99-year lease in 1896, covenanting to rebuild within ten years. It passed to Mitchells & Butlers who rebuilt it in 1899-1900.

A good example of an ambitious turn-of-the-century Birmingham public house with an impressive facade and rich tiled interior. Source: A. Crawford, M. Dunn and R. Thorne, Birmingham Pubs 1880-1939 (Gloucester, 1986), pp. 90-1.

Listing NGR: SP0878989517

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

Views of The Holte pub on Witton Lane.

The Holte is a pub at the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane in Aston. It was formerly owned by Mitchells and Butlers. I was closed for around 30 years before being restored in 2007 (thanks to new chairman Randy Lerner).

It is a Victorian building, dating from at least 1897. It was built as The Holte Hotel. It used to have 10 bedrooms, it's own 400 capacity music hall, billiard rooms and two bowling greens. The hotel, essentially a late Victorian pub, was located adjacent to Villa Park, one of the most historic stadiums in England.

The name Holte is synonymous with Villa Park’s Holte End, which was once the largest Kop in the country. The massive Holte End stand used to hold up to 22,600 supporters.

The Holte restoration

The Holte Hotel, which originates back to 1897, has been derelict and boarded up for 28 years until Villa's new billionaire owner Randy Lerner and his team sanctioned its restoration.

The pub is seen as a local landmark and was once a popular drinking hole for fans until the late 1970s and will now give Villa Park an impressive facade. It is also the first glimpse visiting supporters have as they approach the ground in Aston from the M6 motorway.

Birmingham Post Holte Hotel article

Some shop fronts. Was this a stable?

This is Witton Station, the closest train station to Villa Park, home of Aston Villa FC (Aston Station is further away from the stadium).

The station first opened in 1837. The current shelters date to the 1950s.

My Chase Line London Midland City Class 323 train from Birmingham New Street - 323215.

Heading to Walsall.

There was another Walsall bound train at New Street, but it didn't stop here.

29:12:16.

Villa 1 - 1 Leeds

The Church of St Peter & St Paul in Aston.

Taken on a return visit to Aston Hall & Park to see In Memoriam by Luke Jerram.

The church is on Witton Lane and near Aston Hall Road.

Grade II* listed building.

Anglican Church of Ss Peter and Paul, Birmingham

997/7/94 WITTON LANE

25-APR-52 WITTON

Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE B6

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

II*

997/7/94 WITTON LANE

25-APR-52 WITTON

Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE B6

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

(Formerly listed as:

WITTON LANE

WITTON

PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL)

II*

An Anglican parish church, originating before 1086, though nothing visible survives from this date. The west tower dates from the C15, with its spire renewed in 1776-7 by John Cheshire (circa 1739-1812); otherwise the church dates from 1879-90, with the south porch added in 1908, all to designs by Julius Alfred Chatwin (1830-1907). The church is constructed from brownish-grey sandstone, under slate roofs.

PLAN: The plan has nave, apsidal chancel, north and south aisles, north organ chamber and south chancel chapel, and south porches. Attached to the north and extending westwards is a late-C20 church centre (not of special interest).

EXTERIOR: The building is set on a moulded sandstone plinth, and has angle buttresses and pitched roofs. There is a west tower of four stages with angle buttresses, three-light windows and an unusual treatment of the bell stage, which has rows of segment-headed recesses with two tiers of trefoil-headed panels; the central pair are louvred, those flanking are blind. The stages are marked by moulded string courses. The tower is surmounted by an elegant, broachless octagonal spire. The tower, nave and chancel have unifying crenellations. The aisle windows and those to the south (Erdington) chapel have simple Y-tracery, with drip moulds and some head stops, in part to accommodate stained glass from the earlier church. The clerestory has windows of three lights, with cusped heads and trefoils in Decorated tracery above. The nave and chancel are continuous, the transition between the two marked by large pinnacles with gargoyles at their bases. The high, five-sided chancel has tall buttresses with multiple off-sets, and three-light windows with continuous mullions, those to the sides with similar tracery to those in the clerestory. Nave, chancel and chapel have gargoyles and moulded detailing.

INTERIOR: The interior is long and high, dominated by the apsidal east end; there is no chancel arch. The nave and chancel have a continuous hammer-beam roof, adapted to the apsidal chancel. There is parquet flooring to the nave and aisles, and mosaic floors in geometric designs to the chancel and the Erdington chapel. The west entrance under the tower gives access to the body of the church. The high C15 tower arch has four continuous chamfers. Immediately in front of it is the font, with elaborate cover; designed by Chatwin, it was installed in 1881. The seven-bay nave arcades are formed from pointed arches carried on alternating round and octagonal piers, with shallow capitals with foliate carving. Although there is no structural break between the nave and chancel, the decoration becomes more sumptuous at the east end. The hammer-beam roof has a wealth of carved timber angels, and punched decoration to the trusses. The elaborate two-bay chancel arcades have ogival arches, with rich embellishments including crocketing, cusping, angel figures and pinnacles. The apse has five fine stained glass windows by Hardman and Co, dating from 1885, depicting the Adoration of the Lamb. Below, the sanctuary is clad in marble, with rich carved and pierced decoration, incorporating canopied sedilia. The reredos has three similar marble canopies, over a stone relief triptych. These, and the other furnishings, were all designed by Chatwin, including the pulpit, which is situated at the eastern end of the nave; installed in 1885, it is of alabaster and marble, with biblical scenes in relief, and is integral with the truncated remains of the chancel screen. The Erdington chapel has a timber barrel-vaulted roof, mosaic floor and houses monuments to the Erdington family. In addition to the Hardman windows at the east end, there is further stained glass of the mid- and late C19 to the north and south aisles, Erdington chapel, and tower. Makers include Hardman and Co, Lavers and Barraud, Alexander Gibbs and Heaton, Butler and Bayne. A window of the C18, by Francis Eginton, is resited above the north door, now leading to the attached church centre.

MONUMENTS: The church has an important collection of effigies and mural monuments, dating in a wide range from the medieval period to the C19. In general, those to the Holte family of Aston Hall are situated in the north aisle, and those to the Erdingtons in the Erdington Chapel. There are further mural monuments sited in the north and south aisles, the Erdington Chapel, and under the tower. The monuments include the following, though the list is not exhaustive. An alabaster knight of circa 1360 and a sandstone lady of circa 1490 lying together on a tomb chest; said to be a C16 amalgamation of the two original tomb chests, possibly commemorating Ralph Arden and Elizabeth, wife of Robert Arden, and probably moved here from Maxstoke, his home. Sir Thomas Erdington (died 1433) and wife Joan or Anne Harcourt (died 1417); he is in armour, she in a long skirt and mantle, set on a chest tomb with carved shields and angels; probably erected circa 1460. Another similar effigy, probably to Sir William Harcourt (died 1482 or later), on a chest tomb with carved angels. William Holte (died 1514) and his wife, both effigies in sandstone, on a chest tomb. Portrait bust of 1883 of John Rogers, MA (died 1555); born in Deritend, Birmingham in 1500, Rogers was instrumental in the translation and revision of the Matthews Bible, which became the standard translation in 1537; he was burned at the stake in 1555 as part of Mary Tudor's persecution of Protestants. A mural monument with the kneeling figures of Edward Holte (died 1592) and his wife, Dorothy, set in a recess with Corinthian columns. Effigies of Sir Edward Devereux (died 1622) and his wife Katherine, on an altar tomb, in black marble and alabaster, under a pediment carried on Corinthian columns. A fine monument of the early C18, with weeping putti, to Sir Thomas Holte (died 1654) who built nearby Aston Hall. A draped tablet to Henry Charles (died 1700), servant to the Holte family for 33 years. A highly architectural monument to Sir John Bridgman (died 1710) by James Gibbs, 1726. Mural monument in the Baroque style, to Sir Charles Holte (died 1722). Mural monument to Robert Holden (died 1730) and wife Laetitia (died 1751) by Michael Rysbrack, 1753, with angel heads. A portrait medallion with mourner to Sir Charles Holte (died 1782). A sarcophagus on lion feet, to Sir Lister Holte, by Westmacott, 1794. John Feeney (1809-1899), benefactor of the church, an Arts and Crafts plaque with classical surround and figures, by George Frampton, 1901.

HISTORY: A church at Aston is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086), when Aston was a much more significant settlement than Birmingham, valued at 100 shillings as opposed to Birmingham's 20 shillings. At times during the Middle Ages the advowson was held by members of the de Erdington family; Thomas de Erdington founded a chantry in the church in 1449, and the family are commemorated in the Erdington Chapel in the current church. From the mid-C16 until 1818, the advowson descended with the manor of Aston, falling to the prominent Holte family who built nearby Aston Hall in the early C17 and remained lords of the manor for some 200 years. Members of the Holte family have monuments in the present church. Later in the C19, the advowson was with the Aston Trustees, with whom it has stayed.

The earliest surviving part of the current church is a small amount of C14 stonework set in the north aisle wall, though this is not legible as part of the earlier church building. The west tower was built during the C15, and its spire renewed by John Cheshire in 1776-7. Drawings indicate that during the early C19, the church had a chancel with an east window of circa 1300 of three lights and intersecting tracery, and with three south windows. The nave had a low-pitched roof, and the blocked head of a former chancel arch showed above the low-pitched chancel roof. The south aisle had three south lancet windows and C18 or early-C19 east window, above which was the blocked pointed head of the earlier east window. The mullions of the aisle and clerestory windows had been removed in 1790 when the roof and interior of the church had been restored.

Julius Alfred Chatwin, the foremost church architect in Birmingham in the later C19, set about rebuilding the church during the later C19; construction was carried out in phases from 1879. The construction of the chancel and Erdington Chapel was anonymously funded by John Feeney, owner of the Birmingham Post; Feeney was buried at the church, and is commemorated with a memorial by George Frampton, RA. The chancel and south chapel were complete by 1883, and the nave finished in 1889. The final elements, including the south porch, were not completed until 1908, the year after Chatwin's death. The building incorporated embellishments from the earlier church on the site, including some C19 stained glass, and fragments of the medieval phases, including a C14 piscina, resited in the south aisle. The south chapel was created as the Erdington Chapel, to house monuments to that family. A wide range of monuments from the earlier church was incorporated into the new building, ranged along the north and south aisles, north and south sides of the chancel, and in the Erdington Chapel.

A glass and metal-framed meeting room was inserted into the north aisle during the later C20. A church centre was built to the north-west in 1980, linked to the church on the north side. In 2009, a cruciform baptismal pool was added to the dais in front of the chancel.

SOURCES: Colvin, H, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects (4th edn, 2008), 249-50

Foster, A, Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham (2007), 279-81

Griffin, P and Griffin, P, Aston Parish Church: A History and Guide (2009)

Pevsner, N and Wedgwood, A, The Buildings of England: Warwickshire (1966), 146-8

History of the County of Warwick (Victoria County History), Volume 7: City of Birmingham (1964), 374-6

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul, Aston, is designated at Grade II*, for the following principal reasons:

* The west tower is an impressive, substantial survival from the C15, with an elegant spire added in 1776-7 by John Cheshire

* The remainder of the church, built to designs by J A Chatwin in 1879-1908, is a high-quality composition in a Gothic style, large in scale and rich in detail

* The interior has a sumptuous east end with a wealth of carved decoration, and an excellent suite of furnishings designed by Chatwin, complemented by good stained glass windows in opulent colours by Hardman and Co

* Its important relationship to Aston Hall and its owners, the Holte family, for whom this was their family church, and numbers of whom are commemorated here

* The church houses a large number of funerary monuments dating from the medieval period to the C19, all of good quality, and unusual in their spread and the extent of their survival

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

I had walked to Aston all the way from Corporation Street in Birmingham. Thought about getting the bus back to the city centre, but was easier to get the train back.

Only £2.20 for a single any time ticket to Birmingham New Street.

Was some delays on the line, but was able to get the Redditch bound service back to New Street.

Views from the station.

Electricity pylons

M6 seen in the background

This is The Holte Pub as seen from Trinity Road.

The Holte is a pub at the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane in Aston. It was formerly owned by Mitchells and Butlers. I was closed for around 30 years before being restored in 2007 (thanks to new chairman Randy Lerner).

It is a Victorian building, dating from at least 1897. It was built as The Holte Hotel. It used to have 10 bedrooms, it's own 400 capacity music hall, billiard rooms and two bowling greens. The hotel, essentially a late Victorian pub, was located adjacent to Villa Park, one of the most historic stadiums in England.

The name Holte is synonymous with Villa Park’s Holte End, which was once the largest Kop in the country. The massive Holte End stand used to hold up to 22,600 supporters.

The Holte restoration

The Holte Hotel, which originates back to 1897, has been derelict and boarded up for 28 years until Villa's new billionaire owner Randy Lerner and his team sanctioned its restoration.

The pub is seen as a local landmark and was once a popular drinking hole for fans until the late 1970s and will now give Villa Park an impressive facade. It is also the first glimpse visiting supporters have as they approach the ground in Aston from the M6 motorway.

Birmingham Post Holte Hotel article

This is Witton Station, the closest train station to Villa Park, home of Aston Villa FC (Aston Station is further away from the stadium).

The station first opened in 1837. The current shelters date to the 1950s.

Sign - Keep back from the platform edge - Passing trains cause air turbulence

1976 Dodge Power Wagon/Hamerly

Views of The Holte pub from the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane. Villa Park is behind it (The Holte End stand).

The Holte is a pub at the corner of Trinity Road and Witton Lane in Aston. It was formerly owned by Mitchells and Butlers. I was closed for around 30 years before being restored in 2007 (thanks to new chairman Randy Lerner).

It is a Victorian building, dating from at least 1897. It was built as The Holte Hotel. It used to have 10 bedrooms, it's own 400 capacity music hall, billiard rooms and two bowling greens. The hotel, essentially a late Victorian pub, was located adjacent to Villa Park, one of the most historic stadiums in England.

The name Holte is synonymous with Villa Park’s Holte End, which was once the largest Kop in the country. The massive Holte End stand used to hold up to 22,600 supporters.

The Holte restoration

The Holte Hotel, which originates back to 1897, has been derelict and boarded up for 28 years until Villa's new billionaire owner Randy Lerner and his team sanctioned its restoration.

The pub is seen as a local landmark and was once a popular drinking hole for fans until the late 1970s and will now give Villa Park an impressive facade. It is also the first glimpse visiting supporters have as they approach the ground in Aston from the M6 motorway.

Birmingham Post Holte Hotel article

The Holte End sporting the "proud history, bright future" scarves given to all who attended the last home match of the 06/07 season against Sheffield.

Villa

Had a walk up Brookvale Road to check out the Flood Wall near the River Tame, then went back to Witton Station.

Had a 20 minute wait for my train back to Birmingham New Street.

View of the spire of The Church of St Peter & St Paul, with the station sign on platform 2.