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St Benedict 's Road Small Heath

Vivienne14

Vivienne14

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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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looks like a church in the distance on the old photo viv... i wonder which one and is it still there do you know if the photo is looking towards the coventry road or hob moor road ?

lyn
 
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So many houses needed many bricks which seemingly were made locally, I have childhood memories of clay pits being used for landfill in this area.
 
So many houses needed many bricks which seemingly were made locally, I have childhood memories of clay pits being used for landfill in this area.
 
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"
 
Vivienne14 said:
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"
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shame as on first glance it does not look too bad....but thats looking without a keen eye
 
Hi all. I bought a house at 3 St Benedicts Rd when my wife and I first married in March 1963 and spent 13 happy years there. I have included a picture of it in 1940 the remains of it behind the two gents digging the hole I hasten to add that when we moved in it been rebuilt to a very high standard and ideal for the shops on the Coventry Rd. Regards Acklam19.
 

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Hi all. I bought a house at 3 St Benedicts Rd when my wife and I first married in March 1963 and spent 13 happy years there. I have included a picture of it in 1940 the remains of it behind the two gents digging the hole I hasten to add that when we moved in it been rebuilt to a very high standard and ideal for the shops on the Coventry Rd. Regards Acklam19.
 
My great-grandmother lived at 134 St Benedicts Road from about 1921 to 1928.
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Looks a bit different today - the only bits that seem to be the same are the black bricks (?) under the upstairs windows.

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jukebox said:
My great-grandmother lived at 134 St Benedicts Road from about 1921 to 1928.
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Looks a bit different today - the only bits that seem to be the same are the black bricks (?) under the upstairs windows.

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yes john just those little bricks left showing and of course the lovely little garden gone to make way for off st parking which is all too common now...love the dog sitting on the chair

lyn
 
Lovely photo of your gt grandmother John ! And so of its time; like the jardinere in the window, framed by real lace curtains. It looks like she kept a very neat house. The gate looks solid with a small round number plate - we had one of those on our gatev but in a 1930s house. Privit lined front garden as every respectable house would have had. The dog looks like a liver-coloured cocker spaniel. Smashing photo. Nice to be able to add real, identified people to street photos.
 
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Hi Astoness. Thanks for the great photo brought back the happy memories for the wife and I, I did most of the alterations to the windows myself to get more light into the property which was quite dark I also removed some walls for the same reason and I can assure anyone who owns it now that house was BUILT and have the blisters to prove it. Regards Acklam19.
 
Hi Astoness. Thanks for the great photo brought back the happy memories for the wife and I, I did most of the alterations to the windows myself to get more light into the property which was quite dark I also removed some walls for the same reason and I can assure anyone who owns it now that house was BUILT and have the blisters to prove it. Regards Acklam19.
 
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