Blakesley Hall - a historic gem in Yardley, Birmingham, UK

Blakesley Hall is a timber framed farmhouse built in the 16th Century for Richard Smallbroke. Take the link for more from our People with Passion on this historic gem.


Blakesley Hall is located on Blakesley Road in Yardley, Birmingham. A short walk away from Old Yardley Village. 

Blakesley HallBlakesley Hall (January 2010). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Blakesley Road

Birmingham

B25 8RN

0121 348 8120

Go here for the official Blakesley Hall website.

 

The History of Blakesley Hall

Blakesley Hall is located on Blakesley Road in Yardley, now in Birmingham. It is a Grade II* listed building. At the time when it was built in 1590, Yardley was in Worcestershire. Built for a local Yardley man called Richard Smalbroke, it was built as a farmhouse. In was passed to his descendants until it ended up in the Greswolde family from 1685. They used it as a tenant farm for the next 200 years. Henry Donne bought the hall in 1899 who restored the house before selling it to the Merry family, who was the last family to live in the hall. It became a museum from 1935 onwards. Bomb damage in WW2 in 1941 meant that the hall didn't reopen until 1957. After the 1970s and with research the hall was restored to an authentic appearance as it was in 1684. The Birmingham Museums Trust took over the running of the hall from Birmingham City Council in 2012.

Blakesley HallGreat Parlour at Blakesley Hall (August 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

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