Small Heath Health Centre

Small Heath Health Centre is a dispensary, now functioning as a doctors' surgery, built in 1897 by William Doubleday. The building is constructed of ashlar and features a steeply pitched slate roof adorned with crested ridge tiles. It has ashlar axial and lateral stacks topped with moulded weathered caps. The health centre is situated on a corner site and showcases a polygonal turret, reflecting a 16th-century French chateau style.

The exterior consists of two storeys and an attic, with a seven-bay northeast front facing Coventry Road and a four-bay northwest side facing Henshaw Road. It has a tall moulded plinth and both the ground and first floors are decorated with two superimposed orders of twin pilasters featuring lozenge panels and foliage capitals, along with enriched strings and an eaves cornice. A frieze between the floors contains small roundels with cartouches. The left-hand bay features a large moulded round-arch doorway with a fanlight, panelled double doors, and shields above displaying the date. The windows are two-light with moulded shafts on the mullions and transoms, rounded at the top corners, and the sashes do not have glazing bars. The prominent corner turret has a similar superimposed order, with the eaves cornice breaking forward over the pilasters, topped with a polygonal slate spire and a lead-clad cap with a wrought-iron finial. Large gabled stone dormers are present, featuring similar pilasters and windows, along with stone finials.

Inside, the plan remains largely unaltered. The staircase boasts a moulded mahogany handrail and turned balusters. Much of the original joinery is intact, including panelled doors and chimneypieces. The entrance hall features an encaustic tile floor, although later suspended ceilings may be hiding ceiling cornices. The source for this information includes Birmingham building plans from 1895.