This illustrates the great swathes of housing built in the suburbs of Birmingham in the victorian and edwardian periods. Must have been one very large building site, but with many different builders involved.
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St Benedict 's Road Small Heath
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The church is the Anglican Church of St Benedicts Lyn on Hob Moor Road. It's grade 2 listed but in poor condition.
"Good example of a Byzantine revival Church, 1909, by Nichol and Nichol of Birmingham. It is a substantial church built in red brick and stone dressing and a plain tile roof. It has a basilica plan and the aisles and clearstories have parapets. The apse, with battered buttresses and a dome roof, complements the overall good design of the church. The church is in poor condition: the high-level brickwork, due to leaking parapets gutters, has open joints and damp patches. The stonework is also badly eroded throughout. The ashfelted dome and barrel roofs have also come to the end of their life"
"Good example of a Byzantine revival Church, 1909, by Nichol and Nichol of Birmingham. It is a substantial church built in red brick and stone dressing and a plain tile roof. It has a basilica plan and the aisles and clearstories have parapets. The apse, with battered buttresses and a dome roof, complements the overall good design of the church. The church is in poor condition: the high-level brickwork, due to leaking parapets gutters, has open joints and damp patches. The stonework is also badly eroded throughout. The ashfelted dome and barrel roofs have also come to the end of their life"
shame as on first glance it does not look too bad....but thats looking without a keen eye