Caroline Street
About This Business
Caroline Street was one of the earliest parts of the Quarter to be developed in the 1780s. A number of fine houses survive which were later converted to workshops, including no’s 65 and 42. On Regent Place, just off Caroline Street, a blue plaque marks the site of the house in which James Watt lived between 1777 and 1790. Watt was Matthew Boulton’s business partner and was instrumental in the development of the steam engine. To return to the start of the walk continue along Caroline Street, then on to Spencer Street which will bring you back to the Museum of Jewellery Quarter on Vyse Street.
