Metchley Abbey

METCHLEY LANE 1. 5104 Selly Oak B17 No 93 (Metchley Abbey) (formerly listed as Metchley Abbey and Metchley Lodge Under Harborne) SP 08 SW 11/27 25.4.52 II* 2. Early C19 with later C19 additions. Stucco. In a Picturesque Gothic style. Two storeys; 6 bays; the fourth projecting and containing the porch, the outer ones with canted sides. All windows casements in moulded surrounds and mostly with Y- or intersecting tracery, though the ground floor window of bay 5 is of Palladian type. Parapet with blank quatrefoils and triplets of pointed arches. Polygonal chimney stacks. Interior with groined vault to the entrance hall, Gothic fireplaces, stairs, etc. To the left, a service wing. David Cox was a frequent visitor here, and later A E Greeman historian of the Norman Conquest, and Sir Granville Bantock lived here.

Listing NGR: SP0379684364