Sujet

The Rookery, Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Spring 1942. Creator: George Bernard Mason.

Légende

The Rookery, Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Spring 1942. The derelict east front of The Rookery. Once described as "The greatest ornament and addition to the town of Sutton" (Agricola 1762), The Rookery was constructed in circa 1700 by William Jesson, of Langley Hall. The house was home to members of the Jesson family until the 1780s when Elizabeth Jesson let the house to tenants. In 1811 a girls' school was established in the Rookery and around this time the artist, David Cox, painted a watercolour of the house, now in collection of the Tate Gallery. In 1871 it was purchased by William Henry Tonks, a successful Birmingham brass founder. The Rookery remained in the Tonks family until 1934 when it was sold to Sutton Borough Council. In 1957 it was demolished. The site is now occupied by the police station.

Date

1942

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_098

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70,9Mo (4,3Mo) / 48,1cm x 36,9cm / 5687 x 4356 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature exterior outdoors building buildings England house houses architecture plant plants country window British English windows ruins ruin location century Britain abandoned broken derelict overgrown NEGLECTED concept ruined Birmingham ivy B&W 1940s country house stately home west midlands Forties black & white black and white B W 18th century 20th century Eighteenth Century decade TGN outside photograph George Bernard Mason Mason George Bernard Historic England Sutton Coldfield The Rookery