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Broomdene Avenue, BIRMINGHAM, B34 6PJ

Essentially now a cycleway and footpath, with some limited vehicular access to the hotel facilities of Castle Bromwich Hall at the northeast end.

There are sphinxes at the bottom of the garden. One can be seen here reposing on a pillar at a corner of the garden wall at Castle Bromwich Hall, in the suburbs of Birmingham & Solihull. The photo was taken from the wooded area outside the walled garden. The sphinx has a double facing her from the opposite corner, some distance away. The formal gardens to the west of Castle Bromwich Hall were laid out by the Bridgeman family in stages, starting in 1701. Sir John Bridgeman II bought two limestone sphinx statues in 1745 for £30 and installed them with inscriptions. During the 20th century the Bridgeman family ceased living in the Hall; the gardens became overgrown and the walls and buildings decayed. They have been restored since 1985 by the Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Trust. The Hall itself is now a hotel and, unlike the gardens, is not open to the public. The garden walls were listed by Historic England in 2020; see their description of the site here https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1472046 .

Heathland Avenue leaves the B4114 Bradford Road.

Marked Boundary between Castle Bromwich/Warwickshire and the City of Birmingham. On Coleshill Road, B4114 (was A47) Area was incorporated into West Midlands County.

This handsome bench looks across a lawn to the west front of Castle Bromwich Hall, a 16th century mansion enlarged and altered in the 17th and early 18th centuries (see its listing on the Historic England site here https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1366587?section=official-list-entry ). The hall is now a luxury hotel. The photographer is standing in the walled gardens of the hall, which are maintained by a charitable trust and are open to the public, while the hall is not.

A magnificent 16th century building, now Grade 1 listed, which has been relatively little changed over the years British Listed Buildings description is at http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-218145-castle-bromwich-hall-castle-bromwich- A large part of the place is now operated as an hotel and wedding venue.

The west wall was built around 1732. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1472046

This is the Stable Block part of the larger estate of the adjacent Castle Bromwich Hall, and carries its own grade II* listed status. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-218147-stable-block-at-castle-bromwich-hall-cas

Looking towards the "Greenhouse".