Kyre Park

A royal licence to create a deer park at Kyre was granted in 1275. It is thought that its area was 500 acre, this being reduced to 180 acre in the late 18th century. In the 1930s it passed to Birmingham Council, and in 1965 to the Spastics Society. It became privately owned again in 1993.

The oldest part of the building, in the west, was a fortified house of the 14th century. The house was remodelled for Edmund Pytts from 1753 to 1756 by W. and D. Hiorne, with a new south front added. From 1880 to 1893 there was further restoration and extension, with the building being extended to the east. In the 1930s the hall, built about 1600, was demolished and a new north front was built. To the north-east of the house is a dovecote, built about 1600 or earlier, Grade II* listed. It was originally on the south side of the house, and was moved here for Edmund Pytts in 1752. It is circular, with a conical tiled roof. To the east of the house is a barn built about 1618 for Sir Edward…