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Buildings of Acocks Green

On this page is a selection of buildings from the 1820s onwards. Some of the dates may need correcting. Any further information would be appreciated.

Many of the older buildings in Acocks Green have been knocked down and replaced by more intensive developments like small estates or blocks of flats. Others have been altered substantially inside and outside, so that little of their original character remains. This page shows the range of architectural styles in Acocks Green among buildings that are not listed, and includes some that are particularly valuable architecturally.

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Former Congregational chapel

The former Congregational chapel, Stockfield Road, 1827 (the oldest place of worship in Acocks Green)

The Firs, Westley Road

The Firs, Westley Road, 1850s

Broad Road cottages

Cottages on Broad Road, 1850s

Fernbank

Fernbank, 1858. The last of the Yardley Road mansions standing. It originally had diamond-pattern slates in green and dark blue. It has been Eastbourne House School since 1948. The porch barge boards are original: the main roof boards used to be in the same design.

1850s house, Sherbourne Road

1850s residence, Sherbourne Road (? The Stationmaster's house)

1850s mansion, Warwick Road

1850s mansion, Warwick Road

1860s house, Shirley Road

1860s house, Shirley Road

Botteville Road 1860s houses

Houses on Botteville Road, ? 1860s

1860s house, Botteville Road

1860s house, Botteville Road

1860s mansion, Botteville Road

Mansion, 1860s, on Botteville Road, British Legion Club since 1930

Methodist chapel, 1863

Methodist chapel, 1863 (part of existing church), Shirley Road

House, corner of Yardley and Wynford Roads

House on the corner of Wynford Road and Yardley Road. This is unusual because of the amount of stone apparently used, and because it is a single-story building with dormers. It could be the Thickbroom family's farmhouse, and may be much earlier than mid-Victorian.

Villas on the Avenue

Villas on the Avenue. The house with the ivy has a plaque 'Baskerville House 1871'. The owners have done meticulous researches and have proved there is no connection with the famous printer.

1877 houses, Hazelwood Road

Houses built in 1877, Hazelwood Road

1883 villas, Botteville Road

1883 villas, Botteville Road

1880s terraces, the Avenue

Later terraces, the Avenue, ? 1880s

Lincoln Road terraces

An attractive short row of terraces on Lincoln Road, possibly 1880s, sandwiched between a fuel depot and the railway, but nevertheless appealing in external appearance.

1882 part of Methodist church

The 1882 extension to the Methodist church, Shirley Road

Flint Green Road house, c. 1885

House on Flint Green Road, c. 1885

Sherbourne Road houses, c. 1885

Large houses on Sherbourne Road, c. 1885

The Knoll, Warwick Road

This house, originally known as The Knoll, was built 1886/7 for Edwin Cottrell Newey, a solicitor of 118 Colmore Row. Before he moved into his new house, he lived at Endfield Villa next door. After his death in 1906, his wife continued to live there. After use as a recreational building for young women during World War Two, it opened as the Churchill Citizens Club. The building is now under threat.

Greenwood Road villas

Villas, late Victorian, Olton Boulevard East (formerly Greenwood Road)

1890s houses, the Avenue

1890s houses on The Avenue

Arts and Crafts style house, Shirley Road

Arts and Crafts style house, Shirley Road, c. 1895

102-4 Arden Road

102-4 Arden Road, 1900

1902 houses, Hazelwood Road

Houses, 1902, Hazelwood Road

Botteville Road houses, c. 1903

A pair of houses, Botteville Road, c. 1903

17 Greswolde Park Road

17 Greswolde Park Road, formerly Greswolde House, built c. 1904 for Rowland Douglas Todd of the Birmingham Stopper and Cycle Components Company. He was previously at the Shrubbery, Sherbourne Road.

65 Victoria Road

65 Victoria Road, designed by the builder Frederick Henry Crabbe for his family, appears in the Planning Applications in 1923, but he and his wife are listed from the Spring 1925 Voters lists. Around 1947 they went to live at 64 Sir Harry's Road, Edgbaston. See below for houses he had built across Olton Boulevard East from his house.

Council houses, Olton Boulevard East

Council houses, Olton Boulevard East, late 1920s

Perks' house, Hazelwood Road

Philip Perks' own house, built by him, 1927, Hazelwood Road

Perks semis, Hazelwood Road

Perks semi's, Hazelwood road, c. 1928

Shirley Road shop row, c. 1929

Shop row, Shirley Road, c. 1929, in a popular mock Tudor style

Crabbe houses, Olton Boulevard East

Houses built by Frederick Henry Crabbe on Olton Boulevard East. He lived across the road on the short stretch of Victoria Road, at number 65, and did not want to see more municipal houses opposite his home, so bought the field and built these around 1931! The end of the municipal row is on the left: Crabbe's houses continue almost to Shirley Road.

Dare's houses, Botteville Road

Dare's houses, Botteville Road, c. 1935

Hazeltree Croft

Housing, c. 1965, Hazeltree Croft

Aspen Close and Glyde Court

Flats, Aspen Close, c. 1976, with Glyde Court beyond, 2002

Shop row, 1976

Shop row, 1976, with associated white office block, the Green

 

Introduction to the built environment of Acocks Green

Scheduled ancient monument

Statutorily listed buildings

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