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87 Cornwall Street

Lady Penelope

Lady Penelope

master brummie
I'm researching a family called Lefevre who lived at Broadfields House, Sutton Coldfield (the house is on another thread). Louisa Lefevre died in 1927 and although her address is still Broadfields she died at 87 Cornwall Street, Birmingham. Can anyone help with what was at this address in 1927 please? I've looked at the 1911 census and 1939 register but found no clue there. It seems strange that someone living at Broadfields should die in Cornwall Street unless it was a nursing home or something similar. (I've sent for her will in the hope that it might show the fate of the house).
 
No 87 in 1921 Kellys is occupied by two surgeons and two dentists. In the 1932 edition it houses a sugeon, a physician, a pathologist and two dentists. So there might be medical reasons for her dying there
 
mikejee said:
No 87 in 1921 Kellys is occupied by two surgeons and two dentists. In the 1932 edition it houses a sugeon, a physician, a pathologist and two dentists. So there might be medical reasons for her dying there
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so thats cornwall st in the city centre mike....pen i take it you have got her death cert giving cause of death. ?

lyn
 
Samuel Lefevre of Broadfields, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield reported to have left gross estate of £13,752.
(Kenilworth Advertiser March 1915.)
 
Lyn, I've sent for her will from the government website and that of her husband. I don't want to go to the expense of sending for a death certificate as it's really the house that I'm interested in. It just seemed strange but much clearer now I know who lived there thanks to Mike.
Astoness said:
so thats cornwall st in the city centre mike....pen i take it you have got her death cert giving cause of death. ?

lyn
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Pedrocut said:
Robert Henry Evans of Broadfields, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield reported to have left a net personalty of £16,877
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I haven't noticed this name before Pedro - do you have a date please?
Although my visit to the library was a bit of a trial I did manage to get a map and have now got the date of Broadfields existence forward to 1927. I know that the access road, and probably the shops, were there by the late 20's so that narrows things down. I was hoping that by finding family papers they may have been a photo of the house but no luck so far.
 
Just to add for interest.
The listing is as follows

CORNWALL STREET 1. 5104 City Centre B3 Nos 85 and 87 SP 0687 SE 28/12 21.1.70 II* GV 2. 1899, by William Henman and Thomas Cooper for Dr J E Parrott. In an Arts and Crafts style and as subtly asymmetrical as it is interesting. Brick and stone. Three storeys plus attic; 3 bays beneath a big gable plus a fourth narrow bay representing the plane of the street and with a narrow sash window in moulded surround on each floor. Ground floor rectangular in plan with 2 arched windows on the left, the entrance up steps within an arched porch and 3 narrow flat-headed sash windows on the right. Above the rectangular ground floor 2 canted bay windows rise through first and second floors divided by french windows above the entrance that give on to the balconies formed by a balustraded arcade at first floor level and by a range of Tuscan columns at second floor level. The fenestration of the 2 bay windows completely different and the left-hand one at first floor level even seems to indicate 2 floors. In the gable a tripartite window beneath a semi-circular pediment; either side of the gable a pedimented dormer window. Nothing inside. One of an important group of houses.
 
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