Didn't know there was once a Birchfield House as on this section of an 1834 OS map. Does anyone remember it or was it demolished long ago? 
Viv.
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Birchfield House Perry Barr
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hi viv..sorry i dont know anything about birchfield house but i am so pleased that you posted that early map..if you look at the little area showing aston villa and lozells lane im pretty sure that is roughly where villa street was situated..this is where i lived from the age of 5 to 18 years old...i will ask mike if he could confirm this for me...
lyn
lyn
Thanks all! That's wonderful. Mike your map shows so well how vast the house was, thanks. And BigGee and Puddings posts are a lovely addition to this thread. They show how well the area must have prosperred at one time. I expect the house gave way to the road development, such a great pity. Lyn I'll post an extract of the 1834 map covering more of the area around Villa St for you on the Villa St thread (i.e. if there is one, haven't checked yet!) Viv.
If you're a right nosey so and so like me and enjoy seeing the inside of other people's houses, look at these 1898 interiors of Birchfield House (from the English Heritage Viewfinder site). Just look at all that plasterwork! Viv.
Di.Poppitt
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
I guess they are the neighbour's of Enid's Jean !!
Hi Lyn. Afraid it disappeared from maps by 1938 (Mikejee posted info earlier on this thread). Here is where it was in 1834 and on Mikejee's map of 1904. Seems to me the place was littered with pretty large houses in earlier times. Was once a very prosperous area and probably much of that came from agriculture, farming, mills etc.
And here's Puddings external view of the house from her earlier post
Viv.
And here's Puddings external view of the house from her earlier post
Viv.
Birchfield House is marked on the map I posted in post #29, but is this that house ? I can’t quite tie this to photo posted by Pudding earlier, except for the leaded light windows. The angle is different too. Maybe this is the rear of the house. Maybe there were alterations. Or the view is a side view not visible in Pudding’s image.
I notice there’s another Birchfield House in Derbyshire, but this image shows a house nowhere near the scale of the Derbyshire house. Also the pc was posted in Birmingham. So it all points to Birchfield House, Perry Barr. Viv.
I notice there’s another Birchfield House in Derbyshire, but this image shows a house nowhere near the scale of the Derbyshire house. Also the pc was posted in Birmingham. So it all points to Birchfield House, Perry Barr. Viv.
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The two Birchfield Houses in these photos appear to be very different: one has two wings perpendicular to each other and the other has just one wing. Perhaps the two photos were taken at different times, with a significant rebuild in the interim??
Rossbret 007
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The Birchfield House in Perry Barr was once owned by Martha Gibbins. The Gibbins family were Bankers and Glassmakers. One son named Brueton Gibbins with his brother had the Aston Glass Works. Attached is a postcard of Birchfield House
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many thanks rossbret....odd you should make this post as we have recently been talking about the aston glass works which you may have already seen..if not click on the link below
lyn
Jones, Smart & Co Glassworks Aston Hill
The address given for this glassworks was Aston Hill. Does anyone know where exactly this was ? The glassworks would have been very visible far afield given the size of the cone. Not heard it mentioned before. Viv.
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bartram335
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There are two houses in close proximity called Birchfield, which explains the difference.
The large white house called simply "Birchfield" and owned by the Gibbons family was on the eastern side of the Birchfield Road, opposite Wilmore Road, and the site of the house is occupied by the parade of shops on the A34 between Bragg Road and The Broadway.
The other "Birchfield House" was further along on the western side of Birchfield Road at the junction with Heathfield Road and today is a small park.
Shows both of them .
The large white house called simply "Birchfield" and owned by the Gibbons family was on the eastern side of the Birchfield Road, opposite Wilmore Road, and the site of the house is occupied by the parade of shops on the A34 between Bragg Road and The Broadway.
The other "Birchfield House" was further along on the western side of Birchfield Road at the junction with Heathfield Road and today is a small park.
Shows both of them .
This in an OS map from 1905 which shows 'Birchfields' opposite Wilmore Road and seemingly corresponding to the Birchfield House on the 1834 map (see above). The site opposite Holy Trinity Church which is now a small park is shown with a house and grounds but unfortunately not named.
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heddlenash
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In a document of 1853, my ancestor Alexander Harrison's address is given as Birchfield House, Handsworth. In the 1851 Census three generations of Harrisons are living (presumably at Birchfield House) on a road called Birchfield. Alexander Harrison is a solicitor. His father is a retired Militia officer.
John
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I missed this post. Very useful to know this. VivThere are two houses in close proximity called Birchfield, which explains the difference.
The large white house called simply "Birchfield" and owned by the Gibbons family was on the eastern side of the Birchfield Road, opposite Wilmore Road, and the site of the house is occupied by the parade of shops on the A34 between Bragg Road and The Broadway.
The other "Birchfield House" was further along on the western side of Birchfield Road at the junction with Heathfield Road and today is a small park.
Shows both of them .
Jason Ellis
master brummie
Birchfield House (or just Birchfield) was the family home of glass manufacturer George Joseph Green from at least 1834 to 1841. At the time he was the proprietor of the Union Glassworks in Birmingham. He was apprenticed to his father on 31 December 1805 for seven years when aged 14. His father lent him £1,00 and with that capital, at the age of 21 he became a partner in the Holly Hall Glassworks, Dudley Worcestershire. He left the partnership in 1817. He subsequently joined the glassmaking partnership of Bacchus, Green and Green, later Bacchus and Green at Union Street, Birmingham which lasted until 1833. I have just tidied up his family history available to see for free at https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/M3NR-5MR