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OS benchmark - Northfield, lodge at the (former) Hollymoor hospital site
Levelled in 1980 at 196.250m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn, this well-preserved benchmark sits on the lodge to the former mental hospital site.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 20 Jan 2020
0.09 miles
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Former chapel of the Hollymoor Hospital
Built in 1905 to a design by Martin and Martin, architects of Birmingham; the chapel at that time was attached to the 'Mental Asylum' hospital, much of which apart from the water tower has now been demolished. The chapel retains a good deal of its original internal fittings, and was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101234339-chapel-at-hollymoor-hospital-longbridge-ward & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1234339 in 1993.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 20 Jan 2020
0.12 miles
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The former water tower at Hollymoor Hospital, Longridge
Built in 1905 to a design by the local architects Martin and Martin, on behalf the Borough of Birmingham Lunatic Asylum Committee of Visitors (ie the governors of what was at that time the local Mental Hospital); the fine tower attracted a Grade II listing https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101234427-water-tower-at-hollymoor-hospital-longbridge-ward#.XvIhVWhKjcs & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1234427 in 1993.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 20 Jan 2020
0.15 miles
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Water Tower, Hollymoor Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham
All that remains of this former mental hospital. Water towers were standard features of late Victorian mental hospitals.
Image: © Andrew Clayton
Taken: 26 Jun 2005
0.16 miles
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Houses on Frankley Beeches Road
Photographed from Elan Road.
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 10 Mar 2012
0.17 miles
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A church and a few shops
Image: © Row17
Taken: 14 Aug 2013
0.20 miles
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Parade of Shops on Egghill Lane
This parade stands opposite Norrington Road. See
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Image: © Paul Collins
Taken: 10 Nov 2016
0.23 miles
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New Housing on Egghill Lane
This view shows the northern edge of a major area of residential redevelopment comprising regeneration of the Egghill Estate and including about 500 or 600 new homes. The area is bounded by Frogmill
Road to the west, Tessall Lane to the south and east and Egghill
Lane to the north. The junction of Norrington Road and Egghill Lane is visible across the foundation slabs.
Image: © Paul Collins
Taken: 10 Nov 2016
0.23 miles
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Path Linking Crychan Close with Hafren Close
This footpath is situated within a housing estate that looks to date mainly from the 1960s or 1970s. The path preserves the line of the access road to the long-gone Frogmill Farm.
Image: © Paul Collins
Taken: 11 Nov 2016
0.23 miles
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The Dingle Public House.
Standing at the junction of Frankley Beeches Road and Egghill Lane.
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 3 Feb 2009
0.23 miles