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Hobbe Cottage and 20th-century houses
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.03 miles
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Balsall Common-Hobbe Cottage
On Balsall Street.
Image: © Ian Rob
Taken: 10 Aug 2021
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Shenstone Drive
A leafy cul-de-sac off the south end of Shenstone Drive.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
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Hobbe Cottage, Balsall Street
Probably late 16th or early 17th century, and given a Grade II listing https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101075980-hobbe-cottage-balsall#.Wbg-sdQrLGg in 1972.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 22 Aug 2017
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Balsall Street - under the flightpath
Balsall Street left and foreground, at the junction with Shenstone Drive. The black and white gable belongs to Shenstone Grange, a Grade II listed building. Outwardly Edwardian, it encapsulates a nationally significant 17th-century timber-framed house. It is home to the Island Project, a charity providing education for autistic children. http://www.theislandproject.co.uk http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-495898-shenstone-grange-balsall
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.07 miles
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Shenstone Drive meets Balsall Street
The area is close to the flightpath into Birmingham Airport. On a weekday morning planes were going over every few minutes.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.07 miles
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OS benchmark - Balsall Street, letterbox
An OS cutmark on a brick-mounted letterbox at the junction of Balsall Street with Station Road. It was originally levelled, probably in 1966, at 116.600m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 22 Aug 2017
0.07 miles
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Station Road meets Balsall Street
The station is Berkswell
Image The postbox number is CV7 63. The building on the left bears a plaque 'Blacksmith's Corner' and is the premises of Capitax. Neighbouring small businesses are Direct Carpets and Woodrow Framing.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.07 miles
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HS2 construction near Balsall Common from the air
Looking along Station Road, the line of the HS2 works can be seen in the distance. Viewed from a Birmingham bound flight from Prague.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 11 Feb 2022
0.09 miles
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Blacksmith's Corner
These buildings are now used for somewhat higher-tech. purposes. The junction of Station Road with the road from Knowle.
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 21 Aug 2005
0.09 miles