About J. Ashford & Son building
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The former Ashford & Sons factory in Birmingham, England is a Grade II* listed building in Arts & Crafts style.
The factory, at 16-18 Great Hampton Street in the city's Jewellery Quarter, in the Hockley district, was designed by local architect Arthur McKewan and completed in 1912.
It was given Grade II* listed status in 1982, protecting it from unauthorised development or deletion. The list entry describes it as:
A particularly sensitive formal elevation to a jewellery works, containing Birmingham Arts and Crafts with Edwardian Baroque details all executed to a very high standard.