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st chads hospital hagley road

I had to go and identify my uncle Dennis when he passed away there in 1984
i worked at IBM on Hagley rd so it was convenient for me to vist him i found the staff pleasant and he was well cared for there
 
Think this must be the building. Is it apartments now ? Or still NHS property ?

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HAGLEY ROAD 1. 5104 (north side) Edgbaston B16 No 213 (St Chad's Hospital) SP 0488 SE 36/25 II GV 2. C1800 altered. Red brick; slate roof with modillion cornice and blocking course. Three storeys plus attic; 5 bays, the centre 3 advanced and pedimented. The ground floor much obscured by added porte cochere. All windows sashes with glazing bars, 5 pairs deep on the ground floor, 4 deep on the first floor and 3 deep on the second floor. The windows of the central projection all altered in C19 and have cornices on brackets set within the original window openings. In the pediment, an oval window. Remodelled wings and extensive additions of C1930 left and right not included.
 
I think it was a general hospital at that time, even up to its closure.
In 1975 it had 110 general beds and 50 midwifery. beds.

It was once the home of a brassfounder.

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Source: British Newspaper Archive
 
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Some earlier history about the house.

In 1905 the occupant was Thomas Ratcliff, manufacturer and merchant

In 1914 it was a nursing home for patients of a moderate means - see attached
Source: British Newspaper Archive
 

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