| AdminHistory | Middlemore House was leased by Birmingham City Council from the Middlemore Emigration Homes; there is no further link between the two institutions.
Birmingham City Council leased Middlemore House between 1949 and 1955. The building was required because the council's existing accommodation was under considerable pressure by 1949, following the closure of the Garth and Caerynwch nurseries in Wales, and the closure of the Middlemore Emigration Home, which had been housing a number of children in the care of the local authority.
The building was not divided into small units in the way that cottage homes were, and children lived in larger groups and slept in dormitories. Because of the limitations of the building only 'short-stay' or 'medium-stay' children were accommodated there.
Middlemore House was under the control of the Children's Committee of Birmingham City Council. |