Cedar Court is the most substantial property in Aldridge. The house was built in 1792 as a boarding school for young ladies by, William Alport with money provided by his wife Hannah Curzon, which she inherited upon the death of her father, a farmer from Sutton Coldfield.

The Boarding school was for girls from very rich families as the fee's were in 1881,   £26 for ordinary boarders and £52 for parlour boarders,  The Girls were required to provide their own bed linen, cutlary and had to pay for their laundry. They were also required to pay 2 guineas per year for pens. There were 50 girls in residence at one time. Many quality teachers were employed to teach the girls, Geography, French, Drawing,etc. The Drawing Master during the period 1794 to 1805 was a John Glover, who was a well known water colourist, who exibited many of his works in London, He was also commisioned by Sir Joseph Scott, owner of Great Barr Hall, to paint pictures of his estate. In 1830 John Glover emigrated to Tasmania, and sent back for exibition in London many paintings of the Country. He was followed in 1831 by William Alport's youngest son Joseph Alport, who became an accomplished solicitor out there.

In 1865 Cedar Court had become the home of  Thomas Marlow, and upon his death in 1904 it was purchased by Alexander Tucker. The sale listed the property as having, a good cellarage;  4 reception rooms,  house-keepers room,  6 bedrooms,  dressing room and bathroom on the first floor and 4 bedrooms on the second floor.  There was also a coach house,  saddle room,  a well in the yard,   tennis and crochet lawns and a Italian garden.

In the 1920's the Tibbett family took up residence.

Coppy Hall which stood on the Walsall Wood Road had a very long history. The Hall was sadly demolished and replaced by an housing estate in the late 20th century. The building that was demolished was a 17th century building, but there was a earlier building on the site, which was mentioned in a quarter Sessions Record of 1596. During the 1600's the Hall was owned by the Wolrich and Gorway families.The Building was occupied by, Joseph Shutt, Curate of Aldridge, between 1825 and 1828 and was used as a Scool. Before Joseph Shutt, a James Lomax also used the Hall as a School. During most of the 20th Century the Hall was occupied by the Partridge Family.

This shows The Elms Hotel as it was around 1860

The Elms  Hotel a little later in 1900.

The original Elms Public House was built in the 1600's. It was a timber framed building with jetted upper storeys. It is thought that it was originally a shop and became an Inn in the mid 1700's. The old building was used as a food distribution office during the second world war. The Inn became a Hotel  and stayed open very late to accomadate waggons and brakes that were passing through the village.Prior to 1900 the Licencees would have to fetch the water needed from the village pump at the corner of Walsall Wood Road. The original Elms Hotel was demolished in 1954 when the High Street was redeveloped.

The new Elms Public House was built on the corner of Anchor road and High Street, it was built on the site of a 18th century house called,'Chestnuts'. The Elms Public House was renamed,'The Brasshouse', in the later part of the 20th century.

Shutt Cross House is probably the oldest building still standing in Walsall Wood Road. It was originally a 17th century farmhouse which had many improvements made during the 18th century. The building is on the present Listed Buildings Survey as a grade 3 Structure. The house is a three storey building, with three sash windows with twelve panes on the top floor, three windows with sixteen panes on the first floor and two windows of sixteen panes on the ground floor. All the windows have stucco lintels engraved with a key block.

Joseph Shutt was the curate of Aldridge between 1825 and 1828, he also had a school at Coppy Hall. The assistant Master at Coppy Hall was Edward Jackson who married Joseph Shutt's daughter, Ann. Edward Jackson was later appointed Master of the Boys Endowed School and he and Ann lived in one of the two cottages opposite the Rectory, the other cottage was used as the School. They then purchased Shutt Cross House and moved in there. The Shutt family remained in Aldridge for many years and were still in the Village in 1935.

In 1884 the owner of the Victoria Colliery, John Cooke took up residence at the House. The House was then sold to Thomas Potts, in 1892, Thomas was a local shop keeper who had a business in the High Street. He remained there untill 1914.

This row of 6 cottages with their distinktive tall chimneys, wre built on the Erdington Road in 1897. They were demolished in 1965 when Hallcroft Way (The Croft), was laid out. These 6 cottages were provided for 10 of the poorest,'certificated house-keepers', of the parish. A Mrs Catherine Wal;ker, who died in 1756, left in her will £100  for the purchase of land and building of housing for the benefit of these 10 persons. The money was invested and the land purchased and the Almshouses built in 1897.

In 1968 the houses had fallen in to a bad state and it was decided to demolish them and sell the land. Most of the land was sold and three  blocks of  flats were erected. The extra money was invested to maintain the trust set up by Mrs Walker.

THE ALMSHOUSES ON ERDINGTON ROAD.