Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 12 / Windyridge
Home 12 was on the left side of the drive adjoined to Home 14. It was initially a home for girls only.
The other all-girls homes, at the top end of the drive, were mixed by 1948. Home no. 12, however, ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 13 / Derrydown
Home 13 was on the right hand side of The Gardens – a detached building intended initially to be only for boys.
By 1948, Home 13 had accommodation for 16 boys. In 1949, it was given the name Derrydown.
In ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 14 / Beechcroft
Home 14 was on the left hand side of the drive and was initially a home for girls as were all the homes on the left hand side of the drive.
In later years, however, along with all the other Erdington ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 15 / Littledene
Home 15 was on the right hand side of the drive, opposite Windyridge (Home 12) and was intended for boys only.
In 1948, it is listed as having accommodation for 28 boys and girls and in the following ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 16 / Springfield
While all the other homes on the right hand side of the drive were given odd numbers, the last house on the right was Home 16. It was a home for boys only. It was adjacent to Home 15, they were two halves ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 17 / Ferndown
Ferndown was effectively the last home to come into being on The Gardens. In 1948, the workshops which had previously been used to train children in particular trades or skills, was converted into a children’s ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 2 / Paxhall
Home 2 was initially a home for girls only and, as such, was on the left hand side of the drive. In its very early years, it no doubt had mainly younger girls as the practice was to have younger children ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 3 / Rosedale
Home 3 was initially a home for boys only and, as such was on the right hand side of The Gardens.
In 1948, Home 3 remained single sex with accommodation for 18 boys. In 1949 it became known as Rosedale.
By ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 4 / The Haven
Home 4 was initially a home for girls only and, as such, was on the left hand side of the drive.
By 1948, Home 4 had become mixed with accommodation for 20 boys and girls. In 1949 it became known ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 5 / Braemar
Home 5 was initially a home for boys only and, as such was on the right hand side of the drive.
In 1948, Home 5 remained as being for boys only with accommodation for 18 boys. In 1949, it became known ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 6 / Fairlawn
Home 6 was initially a home for girls only and, as such, was on the left hand side of the drive.
By 1948, Home 4 had become mixed with accommodation for 18 boys and girls. In 1949 it was given the ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 7 / Birkdale
Home 7 was initially a home for boys only and, as such, was on the right side of the drive. At the back of Home 7 was the sports pavilion.
In 1948, Home 7 remained as a home for boys only with accommodation ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 8 / Glenedyth
Home 8 was initially a home only for girls and, as such was on the left side of the drive. It was one of the detached homes.
By 1948, Home 8 was mixed with accommodation for 18 boys and girls. In 1949 ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 9 / Appledore
Home 9 was initially a home for boys only and, as such was on the right side of the drive. Home 9 was a semi-detached house sharing a wall with the adjacent home. Opposite these two homes was the Superintendent’s ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Southview / The Probationary Home
Southview was opened as a purpose-built probationary home within Erdington Cottage Homes. Whereas the cottage homes complex was opened in 1900, the Probationary, or Pro, Home was not opened until 20th ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: The Lindens
The initial cottage homes complex incorporated not only a school, chapel and swimming pool but also an infirmary.
Children who had infectious diseases could be kept away from other children in the ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: The Lodge / Orchardside
The Lodge was initially the home of the Cottage Homes porter and his wife. It also functioned as the receiving home for the Cottage Homes. The initial building was described as “a porter’s lodge and receiving ...
Fairfield, 20 Dudley Park Road, Acocks Green
This children’s home has been located on two different sites. The first Fairfield opened in 1973 at 20 Dudley Park Road, Acocks Green. In 2004, it moved to Erdington.
The Dudley Park Road Fairfield ...