Buildings of Acocks Green

Fernbank, 1858. The last of the Yardley Road mansions standing. It originally had diamond-pattern slates in green and dark blue.

1850s residence, Sherbourne Road (? The Stationmaster's house)

Mansion, 1870s, on Botteville Road, British Legion Club since 1930, was demolished in 2016 and replaced by a smaller new club and housing

Methodist chapel, 1863 (part of existing church), Shirley Road

House on the corner of Wynford Road and Yardley Road. This is unusual because of the amount of stone apparently used.

Villas on the Avenue. The house with the ivy has a plaque 'Baskerville House 1871'.

Ornate semis, Oxford Road, built c. 1875 as Mona and Snaefell Villas

An attractive short row of terraces on Lincoln Road, possibly 1880s, sandwiched between a fuel depot and the railway, but nevertheless appealing in external appearance.

The 1882 extension to the Methodist church, Shirley Road

Large houses on Sherbourne Road, c. 1885

Villas, late Victorian, Olton Boulevard East (formerly Greenwood Road)

Arts and Crafts style house, 75 Shirley Road, 1888, built on land belonging to Henry Phillips of The Oaklands at the corner of Victoria Road, and described as Lodges 1 and 2 in 1891.

A pair of houses, Botteville Road, c. 1903

17 Greswolde Park Road, formerly Greswolde House, built c. 1904 for Rowland Douglas Todd of the Birmingham Stopper and Cycle Components Company.

65 Victoria Road, designed by the builder Frederick Henry Crabbe for his family.

Council houses, Olton Boulevard East, late 1920s

Philip Perks' own house, built by him, 1927, Hazelwood Road

Shop row, Shirley Road, built c. 1930, in a popular mock Tudor style

Houses built by Frederick Henry Crabbe on Olton Boulevard East.

Flats, Aspen Close, c. 1976, with Glyde Court beyond, 2002

Shop row, 1976, with associated white office block, the Green

Additional notes:

Fernbank

It was Eastbourne House School from 1948 until 2007. The porch barge boards are original: the main roof boards used to be in the same design.

Wynford Road/Yardley Road

It is also unusual because it is a single-story building with dormers. It could be the Thickbroom family's farmhouse, and may be much earlier than mid-Victorian.

'Baskerville House'

The owners have done meticulous researches and have proved there is no connection with the famous printer. The association is with the Cook family. Benjamin Senior, a brassfounder, was listed at Baskerville House, probably a rebuild on the original site, in the years around 1820. The Cook family owned the land where The Avenue was built.

75 Shirley Road

Andy Foster, building conservationist and historian, has supplied the following information: 75 Shirley Road was originally a pair of cottages built for Henry. Phillips in 1888, architects Crouch and Butler (Solihull R.S.A. plan 6 approved Feb 8th. 1888, completion July 27th.).

Greswolde Park Road

He was previously at the Shrubbery, Sherbourne Road.

65 Victoria Road

This appears in the Planning Applications in 1923, but he and his wife are listed from the Spring 1925 Voters lists. Around 1947 they went to live at 64 Sir Harry's Road, Edgbaston. See below for houses he had built across Olton Boulevard East from his house.

Crabbe houses

He lived across the road on the short stretch of Victoria Road, at number 65, and did not want to see more municipal houses opposite his home, so bought the field and built these around 1931! The end of the municipal row is on the left: Crabbe's houses continue almost to Shirley Road.

Built environment of Acocks Green

Introduction to the built environment of Acocks Green

Scheduled ancient monument

Statutorily listed buildings

Locally listed buildings

Other buildings of interest

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