duddeston house

[Astoness]

2 photos here of duddeston house the front and rear...would appreciate a map please showing its exact location and any information about who lived there and when it was demolished...thanks

lyn

 

[mikejee]

Here are three more, including one when it was a school. The following is copied from my notes for the Alan Godfrey Saltley 1913 map:
This was originally Duddeston House, built in 1758 as the house of Samuel Galton senior. The Galton family left the house in 1838 after the death of Samuel Galton junior, and it was a lunatic asylum till 1865. But from 1868 it was used as a school, being named St Anne's National School, and the building survived till 1971. The Galton family were Quaker gunmakers, a somewhat peculiar combination, but the son was also an avid scientific investigator and contributor to the affairs of the Lunar Society and gave assistance to Joseph Priestley during the Priestley Riots in 1791. One of the Galton factories involved in gunmaking was Duddeston Mill.

 

[Astoness]

thanks mike very interesting...did not realise it was still there until the 70s

lyn

 

[Astoness]

mike could i have a map showing the house please...thanks

lyn

 

[mikejee]

I'll do tomorrow

 

[mw0njm.]

Duddeston House, Saltley gas works in the background 1954 photographed by Phyllis Nicklin . At this time it was St Anne's School

On the east side of Devon Street was the Galton family home. Known as Duddeston House, or later confusingly Duddeston Hall, it had been built in a neo-classical style in 1758. There were extensive grounds along the river with a lake covering 2 hectares which was stocked with exotic waterfowl. Samuel Galton Junior was a man of many interests. It was he who discovered that the seven colours of the spectrum are made up only of red, yellow and blue.
After the Galtons left in 1838 the house was used as a lunatic asylum until 1865. and with increasing urbanisation, from 1868 for the overflow of infants of St Matthew's School in Cato Street. As the population continued to increase, the building was altered the following year to accommodate a teacher's house and some 750 pupils, and was renamed St Anne's National School.
However, Her Majesty's Inspectors reported poor buildings and poor education iin 1894. The Board of Education were still demanding improvements in 1912. As part of the wide-scale redevelopment of the area the school was closed and the building demolished in 1971 with the children transferring to the new St Matthews School on Duddeston Manor Road.

 

[mikejee]

Here is map for it in red in 1913



and 1950s

 

[BrummieGeoff]

An 1855 map showing Duddeston Hall with its extensive grounds. Credit: NLS.