Lower Farm Estate Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Lower Farm Estate
Static Image Name:Lower Farm Estate - Little Bloxwich - geograph.org.uk - 1194364.jpg
Static Image Caption:Lower Farm Estate, Bloxwich
Coordinates:52.6275°N -2°W
Map Type:West Midlands
Metropolitan Borough:Walsall
Metropolitan County:West Midlands
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Walsall and Bloxwich
Post Town:BLOXWICH
Postcode District:WS3
Postcode Area:WS
Dial Code:01922
Os Grid Reference:SK003035
Type:Suburb

Lower Farm Estate is a suburb of Bloxwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England.

Amenities

There are two multi-storey blocks of council flats on Lower Farm, Smith House and Thomas House on Stoney Lane, both of which were built during the 1960s.[1]

Transportation

The estate is served by the National Express West Midlands and Diamond Bus 32 bus route (formerly numbered 302) which runs to Bloxwich High Street and Walsall.

Lower Farm

During development of the estate in 1963, several agricultural buildings were demolished, including the Lower Farm farmhouse after which the estate was named. It was believed that the farmhouse dated from the early Nineteenth Century, but demolition of the brick and rubble exterior revealed a Late Medieval hall of cruck-truss construction. Photographs and drawings were made but demolition completed.[2] The site of the farmhouse is now occupied by Thomas House.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stoney Lane, Bloxwich . Tower Block UK . 18 July 2017.
  2. https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/WAHER_MBL2006/