Other Buildings

Brookside

 

Brookside was a large house on Ford Road between Manor Drive and the Fender Brook. The house was built by Isaac Fletcher, it was a three storey stone house with a lodge.

 

The lodge stood on the corner of Manor Drive and Ford Road, and it survived until Ford Road was re-aligned when the M53 motorway was built.

 

Isaac Fletcher owned most of the land fronting onto Ford Road and back as far as Mount Road.

 

The Salacres

 

Next to the Victory Hall's grounds in Salacre Lane was a large house called 'The Salacres' which was built by Thomas Chilton about 1865. The house had been converted into eight flats by the start of the Second World War.
The Salacres

The Salacres was demolished in 1965, and a housing estate built on its site. The boundary wall and gateposts still exist along Salacre Lane.
The Salacres

The Priory

 

The Priory was a large house built before 1850 as the first Parsonage in Upton.
The Priory

In 1911 The Priory was sold by the church as it was a big, rambling house with seven bedrooms, and not considered suitable as a vicarage.
The Priory

Overchurch House

 

Overchurch House was built in 1859 by Thomas Webster, younger brother of William Webster (of Upton Hall). It was located next to the old churchyard at Overchurch. The house had a lodge which was on Moreton Road, just where the bridge over the M53 is today, a coach house and stables.

 

The Webster's remained in Overchurch House until 1915.

 

Holmleigh

 

Holmleigh is a smaller but substantial house built by William Inman in 1869 for his Estate Bailiff. It is located next to the old church school in Church Road.
Holmleigh