Agents
Building contractor
Stubbings
Events
Construction start date
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.
Since demolished
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Birmingham County Borough Council
Original location authority
Birmingham County Borough Council
Location
Other location names
Wychbury Road; Trippleton Avenue
Estate name(s)
Kitwell Farm Estate
References and links
The Architects' Journal 3-1-1957, 27
Official Architecture and Planning 1-1957, 43
1988
View of Southwell House
View of Southwell House
Original development name
Kitwell Farm
Multi-storey block names
Kitwell House M288
Southwell House M422
Multi-storey block details
two 6-storey blocks containing 56 dwellings
Postcode area
B32
Image dates
1988
Image details
View of Southwell House
Photo
Any more photos of this area from this time? I lived in that block!!
Kitwell House
I lived in the block opposite (Kitwell House) in Trippleton Avenue in the 1960’s. The design is very unusual as each of the flats was actually a 2 storey “house”. There was a courtyard with washing lines and surrounding “coal houses” alongside the block. Happy days!