Where is the Actress & Bishop?

The Actress & Bishop is at 36 Ludgate Hill, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B3 1EH

 

In brief

A former jewellery workshop building during the 19th century. The Actress & Bishop opened as a public house during 1998, and is now a live music venue. 

Actress & Bishop on Ludgate Hill (November 2009). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Actress & Bishop - details

The Actress & Bishop is at 35 & 36 Ludgate Hill in the Jewellery Quarter.

Actress & Bishop on Ludgate Hill (January 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

A public house since 1998, it is now a live music venue, as you can tell by this unique pub sign.

Actress & Bishop on Ludgate Hill (July 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

There is an area outside for having drinks, on Ludgate Hill.

Actress & Bishop on Ludgate Hill (December 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

At Christmas time, the Actress & Bishop always looks festive with the decorations, and especially when it snows!

Actress & Bishop on Ludgate Hill (December 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Various events takes place at the Actress & Bishop, such as Open Mic Night, The Actress Arcade, Dirty Bingo and more. See the Actress & Bishop events page.

Actress & Bishop on Ludgate Hill (November 2019). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The last public execution in Birmingham

Ludgate Hill was claimed to be the site of the last public hanging in Birmingham. 

Except it wasn't.

There is another plaque at Snow Hill which states that at what was then the junction of Great Charles Street, Snow Hill and Bath Street, Philip Matsell, aged 30, was hanged on the 22nd August 1806 in front of a crowd estimated at 40,000. He had been convicted of the murder of a "peace officer" (a parish constable or watchman).

It was over 60 years later in May 1868 that the last public execution in Britain took place at Ludgate Hill in London.

The confusion was probably over there being a Ludgate Hill in both London and Birmingham!

The plaque is still there on the wall.

The Last Drop plaque at the Actress & Bishop on Ludgate Hill (January 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Contact details

Actress & Bishop

36 Ludgate Hill

Jewellery Quarter

Birmingham

B3 1EH

Tel: 0121 236 7426