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Moseley Conservation Area

Conservation area in Birmingham, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moseley Conservation Area
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The Moseley Conservation Area is in Moseley, Birmingham.

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

Description

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.

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Notable buildings and structures

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Alcester Road

Amesbury Road

Chantry Road

Goodby Road

  • Ideal Society Benefit flats 1936 by Richard O Warder

Moor Green Lane

  • 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

Reddings Road

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

Salisbury Road

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

Bibliography

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

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