Redeveloped Houses, Cottage Homes, Amos Lane, Wednesfield, c 1960.
Redeveloped Houses, Cottage Homes, Amos Lane, Wednesfield, c 1960. The Cottage Homes were opened on 4 Nov 1890 to provide homes for pauper children at a 20 acre site on Amos Lane in Wednesfield. The homes were designed by George H. Stanger and could accommodate up to 240 children. The buildings included eight cottages, four for boys and four for girls, together with a master's residence, lodge, probationers' wards, infirmary, schools, swimming pool and workshops. The emphasis was on training so the land was cultivated by the boys and they baked all of their own bread and that of the workhouse. They also had tailors', shoemakers', tinmen's, and carpenters' shops.
Size: 2886px × 1864px
Location: Amos Lane, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, West Midlands,England, UK
Photo credit: © Wolverhampton Archives, UK / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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