Highbury Hall at 2 Yew Tree Road in Moseley, Birmingham. Formerly the home of the Chamberlain family (e.g. Joseph Chamberlain).

It is now Highbury Conferences & Banqueting and is owned by Birmingham City Council.

Grade II* listed building.

Highbury Hall, Birmingham

   YEW TREE ROAD
   1.
   5104
   Moseley B13
   Highbury Hall
   (formerly listed as
   Highbury Moor Green)
   SF 08 SE 12/75 21.1.70
   II
   2.
   Dated 1879 by J H Chamberlain for the fit Bon Joseph Chamberlain llP whose
   house it was from 1880 to 1914. Extensive modern additions have been made
   since the house became in 1915 a hospital and later an old peoples' home.
   Red brick with stone dressings and some applied timberwork in the gables;
   tiled roof with richly carved brick eaves cornice. Mostly of 2 storeys plus
   attic, but partly of 3 storeys. Asymmetrical composition essentially L
   shaped in plan. Original panelled double doors with stained glass tympanum
   within a richly moulded stone arch on 2 orders of pink marble shafts with
   gable above. Left and right gabled pilasters. Above, a 2 light window
   with richly carved tympanum and gable. The windows pointed and mostly
   of plate tracery trype. Much use everywhere of decorative materials and
   carved, especially cut brick, decoration. The right hand return is the
   garden facade, again asymmetrical but esentially a long 2 storeyed wing
   with two 2 storeyed bay windows and a 3 storyed wing with a 3 storeyed
   stone canted bay window in it. Interior of great richness. The Great
   Hall, with floor of variegated woods, rises through 2 storeys to a timber
   and glazed roof. At one end of the room, the staircase rises behind the
   first floor balcony to appear through an arcade of 5 arches with pink marble
   shafts set in a tile diapered wall at the other end, a richly marbled
   fireplace with carved panels and tiles and a reredos like mirror with crocketted
   gables. Walls with pink marble pilasters, panelled dado, tiles and carved
   foliage panels. Gilt gesso to the underside of the balcony, which has
   geometrical railings. Huge central brass gasolier. Off this hall, the
   principal rooms all with Gothic panelled doors with good brass furniture,
   elaborate fireplaces with coloured marbles, carved foliage panels, tiles
   and rich ceiling cornices. The former Billiard Room is L shaped with an
   arcade of 3 bays with marble piers and 2 centred arches. Panelled dado;
   richly coffered wooden ceiling with painted foliage, inlay work and geometrical
   panelling; fireplace with brass surround, pink and white marbles and foilage
   carving.

   Listing NGR: SP0682082690

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