The BBC "Restoration" programme

The BBC2's “Restoration” programme featured two important buildings of King's Norton. The Old Grammar School and the Saracen's Head (see the pictures below).

They won! (They gained 113,326, votes, beating the Workingman's Institute's 111,015 and Gayle Mill's 109,220). The result should be £3,006,000 to help the preservation and restoration of these buildings.

• BBC's “Restoration” profiles of the buildings
• BBC, "BBC show saves medieval school"

The BBC

• BBC restoration project
  • King's Norton - Old Grammar School
  • Birmingham's 13 Buildings at Risk
• BBC Radio WM (West Midlands)
  • The Old Grammar School
  • The Saracen's Head
  • Walls whisper secrets to Brum author (James Melling)

The sponsors

• King's Norton Team Parish - Restoration
  • Picture Galleries
  • The Saracen's Head: a Brief History | The Saracen's Head: Historical Changes to the Structure
  • The Old Grammar School: a Brief History | The Old Grammar School: Photo Gallery
  • Books by J V Melling

Other information

• Birmingham City Council - King's Norton restoration
• English Heritage (Its Buildings at Risk Register is for grades I and II* only)
  • Building at Risk Register - Old Grammar School