Northfield

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Ley Hill Estate - Northfield

By Andy Doherty ⋅ March 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Lay Hill Regeneration Scheme, begun in 2000, is another prime example of the gradual erosion of Council housing in favour of Housing Associations. Whilst, in the long-term, this saves the cost of repairs for the Council it also, in this case at any rate, removes 750 sub-standard constructed houses built by Wimpey in the [...]

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Egghill Estate - Northfield

By Andy Doherty ⋅ March 14, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

Recently described as ‘resembling Beruit’, the Egghill Estate near Frankley Beeches, Northfield, was built during the 1950s/1960s and encompassed many types of poor quality housing from the tower blocks which once lined Lower Beeches Road, to the prefab, concrete housing elsewhere on the estate: demolition and a fresh start was the only economically viable option.
The [...]

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Hollymoor Hospital - Northfield

By Andy Doherty ⋅ March 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Built in 1900 by Martin & Martin as an asylum, Hollmoor Hospital, due to its green dome capped water tower, has been something of a landmark in South Birmingham - the water tower being thankfully retained, along with some of the original buildings, to form a health centre. Opened in 1905 the [...]

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