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On Metchley Lane in Harborne is Metchley Abbey. Was the home of Sir Granville Bantock. Was a composer.

Lived here 1926-1933.

At 93 Metchley Lane it is Grade II* listed.

This is a photo of listed building number 1076261.

Metchley Abbey 93, Birmingham

   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
A sign says "Private Property" on the Metchley Abbey sign.
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