of the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery it is run by Birmingham Museums Trust. Many of the original architectural features of the hall remain such as the herringbone floor. Among the artefacts discovered at the hall are candlesticks and pewter goblets. In the Bedchamber, paintings on the wall from 1590 were discovered after being hidden for centuries, their rediscovery partly in thanks of the bomb damage that loosened a significant amount of plaster in the hall. When renovations took place postwar, inspection of the bedchamber revealed fragments of leather and painted plaster. When the chamber was cleaned up, the walls and timbers were shown to be decorated in a Moorish design. A mock up of how the 'painted chamber' would have looked can be seen in the back bedroom at Blakesley hall. The Gilbertstone, moved in local folklore by the Giant named Gilbert (which gave its name to the area of Gilbertstone on the border of Yardley and South Yardley), is displayed in the grounds of the museum. References Sources By the Gains of Industry - Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery 1885-1985, Stuart Davies, 1985, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery () Frommer's England 2005, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, 2004 , Frommer's () The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield - A Commemorative History, Douglas V. Jones, 1994, Westwood Press () Blakesley Hall, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 2006 (leaflet) "Medieval Yardley", Victor Skipp, 1970, Phillimore. External links Blakesley Hall Official website Blakesley Hall - Service for schools - Educational teaching sessions and resources at Blakesley Hall Blakesley Hall for Kids - fun and games for children based on Blakesley Hall Architecture of Blakesley Hall- article on the restoration of Blakesley Hall Houses in Birmingham, West Midlands Museums in Birmingham, West Midlands Grade II* listed buildings in the West Midlands (county) History of Worcestershire Historic house museums in the West Midlands (county) Grade II* listed museum buildings Birmingham Museums Trust