NCH Birmingham - Princess Alice Orphanage

            The only one of the NCH branches that had the word orphanage in its main title.
Founded in 1882 on a site just outside the city boundaries, the Birmingham branch was intended to meet the needs of orphan children of Christian parents. 
Queen Victoria gave permission for the orphanage to be named after her daughter, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, who died in 1878 of diphtheria, caught while nursing her own children. 
The original building scheme included a school hall, which is now the chapel. Nine family houses grouped round the middle field and additional school premises were built before 1906. Later a sick-bay, community hall, swimming bath and workshops were added. 
Four additional children’s houses were built in 1951-1953 and improvements brought the older houses up to modern standards. 
   

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