2008

SP1080 : Highfield House, Hall Green - Days before demolition

taken 16 years ago, near to Hall Green, Birmingham, England

Highfield House, Hall Green - Days before demolition
Highfield House, Hall Green - Days before demolition
Highfield House is another historical building. It was built in 1850, making it the oldest house and the third oldest building in Hall Green. It was the farm house for Highfield Farm. The house was built in Georgian style with beautiful Neo-Classical features. It also retains the original sash windows. The demolition of the locally listed building has been proposed by developers, who want to build homes on the surrounding land. The ground floor of the house still has its wooden shutters fitted to the inside of each window frame which were closed and secured at night. The present day use for these shutters was to keep the house warm at night as they were very effective for excluding draughts but their original purpose was one of fortification against attack. When the house was built many isolated houses were a target for burglars, brigands and armed assault.

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Category: Historic building
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Hall Green [7] · Shutters was to keep the House Warm [3] Title Clusters: · Highfield House, Hall Green - Days before demolition [3] ·
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SP1080, 28 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Darius Khan   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 22 April, 2008   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 22 April, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 104 808 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:25.5161N 1:50.8738W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 103 808
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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