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The Vicarage and Master of the Almshouses' house
Revamped in the mid 1830s, and probably using an older building as the core, the rather fine Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101075953-vicarage-balsall#.XBZPANSLTGg Vicarage was also the home of the Master of the adjacent Almshouses
Image and
Image flanking the grass seen here. The listing was granted in 1976.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
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NE range of the Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital
This, and the
Image on the opposite side of the central grassy courtyard, are the main buildings of the Grade II* listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101075996-north-east-range-at-the-lady-katherine-leveson-hospital-south-west-range-at-the-lady-katherine-leveson-hospital-balsall#.XBY_E9SLTGg Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital. Originally founded as almshouses in the 1670s, the present buildings were erected in the early 18th century, listed in 1952, and are still in use today as sheltered housing for the elderly.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
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SW range of the Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital
This, and the matching
Image on the opposite side of the central grassy courtyard, are the main buildings of the Grade II* listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101075996-north-east-range-at-the-lady-katherine-leveson-hospital-south-west-range-at-the-lady-katherine-leveson-hospital-balsall#.XBY_E9SLTGg Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital. Originally founded as almshouses in the 1670s, the present buildings were erected in the early 18th century. Listed in 1952, and still in use today as sheltered housing for the elderly.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
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Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School, Fen End Road West, Temple Balsall, near Solihull
A Church of England voluntary aided primary school. The school can trace its origins back to the 17th century, when it was created under the Will of Lady Katherine Leveson, which set up a charitable trust known as the Lady Katherine Leveson Foundation. One of its aims was the education of children in a school. Lady Leveson was descended from the well-known Dudley family.
Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 5 Jan 2014
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St Mary, Temple Balsall: churchyard (c)
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 11 Feb 2019
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The gates to the Hospital courtyard, Temple Balsall
Now almshouses, the long sides of the courtyard are late 17th-century, while the turretted building at the end is the vicarage of 1836.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 22 Aug 2010
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The call of the tea, Temple Balsall
Teas are served at Templars Hall on Sunday afternoons in summer. The path leads past the almshouses and Hospital courtyard, right. Spot the postbox (number B93 130).
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 22 Aug 2010
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St Mary, Temple Balsall: churchyard (a)
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 11 Feb 2019
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Temple House, Temple Balsall
The house and Temple Balsall have a history back the Knights Templar in around 1162. The manor of Balsall was given by Roger de Mowbray to the Knight, who built a Hall and chapel in wooded meadows here. The view is looking along the front drive, although the house itself is in the next square to the south.
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 25 Aug 2005
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The Court of Lady Katherine Leveson, Temple Balsall
This courtyard of almshouses for elderly ladies was founded by a bequest in the will of Lady Katherine Leveson in 1674 and is still in use today. For more information see: http://www.leveson.org.uk/index.htm
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 25 Aug 2005
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