Description:The building at Serpentine Road has had a variety of uses over the years. Its first mention in the Birmingham City Council minutes is as a students’ hostel. It became a home for elderly people in 1949 and remained as such until the 1980s.
By 1986, it is listed as a children’s home but closed as such before 1994. It is believed that Appledore, originally one of the Erdington Cottage Homes, moved into the building in the late 1980s before finally closing for good in the early 1990s.
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Image: The building photographed in 2010 with the kind permission of the current owners.
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Source: This history was compiled by the Birmingham Children's Homes Project, an initiative to explore Birmingham City Council-run children’s homes between 1949 and 1990.