The Shell Pool, Park Avenue

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Date:1880 - 1898 (c.)

Description:This was one of the landscaped pools laid out by Matthew Boulton in the grounds of Soho House.

In the 1880s when the Soho estate was being broken up it became part of the Shell Pool Grounds which was open to subscibers only.

The pool was finally drained in 1898.

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Donor ref:Handsworth Historical Society album1 p34 (7/2380)

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