Where is Chance House?
Chance House is at the Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD. Near Spon Lane South.
In brief
These buildings are marked by a blue plaque for the Chance Brothers, who nearby Chance Glassworks was near the Birmingham Canal New Main Line. The school dates to 1850, the house to a date slightly after that.
Chance House and The Old School House in Smethwick (March 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
Chance House and The Old School House - History
Chance's School of 1850 by Charles Wyatt of Oxford. A picturesque Tudor Gothic porch with a stone belfry.
Chance House and The Old School House in Smethwick (March 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
To the left is a Gothic House of a slightly later date.
Chance House and The Old School House in Smethwick (March 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
Chance House is at the corner of Spon Lane South and Crystal Drive, now within a business park.
Chance House and The Old School House in Smethwick (March 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
The blue plaque is from the Smethwick Local History Society.
Chance Brothers was founded in 1822, they produced sheet glass, optical glass and lighthouse equipment, they closed for good in 1981.
Chance House and The Old School House in Smethwick (March 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown