Recent content by FrancesKerr

I'll pop on and have a look. Thank you

Thank you. I'll experiment tomorrow. PS I have found photos of 'lathe and plaster' ceilings which match what Ii photographed, used from C17th onwards.

Hello again! The description of rooms in The Lodge corresponds roughly with the rooms that comprise the older buildings of what is now called The Priory. It is big but not huge. It has four downstairs rooms including the dining room, a kitchen with eating area, and several one storey...

Yes, it is. It is only a small part of the current priory. It was built onto in the 1870s and was called the monastery which was for the Passionist Priests, as they had outgrown the Lodge. Mass was being celebrated in the conservatory, now sympathetically restored and called The Orangery. This...

Thank you so much for all this information. Older St Mary's parishioners and friars will be very interested! I read in Edward Chitham's book in Harborne, p72, re Harborne Lodge being the original Lodge for The Park. I was in the cellars of the Lodge part of St Mary's priory today! There are a...

Hello! This is my first post so please forgive any breached guidelines. I am researching the history of Harborne Lodge which was the lodge for The Park, home to Theodore Price adjacent to Field House on Harborne Park Road. The Park was demolished in 1955 and I have been unable to find a...