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Houses on Green Lane

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Tinpot

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These houses always stood out as being quite distinctive from the terraces that were the norm in this area of Small Heath.
 

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Tinpot said:
These houses always stood out as being quite distinctive from the terraces that were the norm in this area of Small Heath.
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Small Heath was a scattered rural community with no village focus. By 1834 a small development of large houses had been laid out east of the Small Heath between Green Lane and Grange Road. These were the homes of the upper-middle class set in the countryside away from the booming industry of inner Birmingham. Taken from:

billdargue.jimdofree.com

Small Heath

Neither the forested lands on heavy clay of east Birmingham nor the light pebbly soils to the west were very conducive to early agricultural exploitation. And this remained true in the Roman period during the first four centuries of the Christian era. However, sparse though the population may...
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I am guessing these are some of those houses. I wonder how the owners felt about the encroaching city and industry.
 
Janet Hunt said:
The one with the blue door is listed as being up for sale and is named Brearley House, and 95 grange road, there are some internal photos on this site.

https://themovemarket.com/tools/propertyprices/brearley-house-95-grange-road-birmingham-b10- 9qt


Small Heath library | Small Heath local history | Birmingham City Council

From roman settlement to sporting success
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I think that Brearley House was Dr Lloyd’s home/practice back in the 50s and 60s. He was our family doctor up to around the time we left the area when I was about 9 or so. A kindly man who was a good friend to our family.
 
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