Moseley Conservation Area

The Moseley Conservation Area is in Moseley, Birmingham.

The Hurst, 6 Amesbury Road by William Bidlake 1908
Kilmuir 4 Amesbury Road in the Arts and Crafts style by Owen Parsons 1909

Description

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The conservation area was designated on 17 March 1983. It was extended on 12 November 1987 and 14 March 2005 and now comprises an area covering 95.06 hectares (234.9 acres).[1][2]

The opening of Moseley railway station in 1867 started a property boom in Moseley, which was accelerated by the arrival of steam driven tramway services to Birmingham provided by the Birmingham Central Tramways Company Ltd which started operating on 29 December 1884.[3] Moseley was an attractive location for the prosperous middle-classes, as it was situated south of Birmingham upwind of the industrial smoke of the city. The conservation area comprises a number of streets developed from the 1860s to the 1930s with a wide variety of architectural styles ranging from Victoria and Edwardian villas, and Arts and Crafts houses built by local architects such as William de Lacy Aherne and Owen Parsons.

Notable buildings and structures

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Alcester Road

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Amesbury Road

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Chantry Road

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Goodby Road

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  • Ideal Society Benefit flats 1936 by Richard O Warder

Moor Green Lane

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  • 1. by G. Repton
  • 2, The Firs 1886
  • 5, Englefield 1898 by J.A. Grew
  • 26, Heatherdene 1891
  • 51, 1907
  • Pitmaston, 1930-31 by Holland Hobbiss for the Ideal Benefit Society[9]

Park Hill

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Reddings Road

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Reddings Road was cut in 1903 and developed in two phases. The south side was largely completed by 1914 and the north side by 1924.

Russell Road

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Salisbury Road

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Salisbury Road was cut in 1896.

St Mary’s Row

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Fighting Cocks, 1903

Strensham Road

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See also

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Bibliography

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  • Wood, Christine (2009), "William de Lacey Aherne", in Ballard, Phillada (ed.), Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian Architects, Wetherby: Oblong Creative, ISBN 978-0955657627

References

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  1. ^ "Moseley Conservation Area Map". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Moseley Conservation Area Designation Report". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  3. ^ "The Moseley Road Tramways". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 30 December 1884. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Historic England, "Five Lands House (1075763)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  5. ^ Historic England, "Dovecote in Grounds of Moseley Hall Hospital fronting onto Alcester Road (1075765)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  6. ^ Historic England, "Building to the North East of the Dovecote (1343316)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  7. ^ Historic England, "Moseley Hall Hospital (1075764)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  8. ^ Historic England, "Kilmuir (1343342)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  9. ^ Historic England, "Pitmaston (1396339)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  10. ^ Historic England, "Anglican Church of St Anne, North Bondary Wall and Piers (1076222)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  11. ^ Historic England, "16, Salisbury Road B13 (1076178)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  12. ^ Historic England, "59, Salisbury Road B13 (1220918)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  13. ^ Historic England, "The Fighting Cocks Public House (1220812)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  14. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary (1076209)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024
  15. ^ Historic England, "War Memorial to the South-East of the Church of St Mary (1394263)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 April 2024