Where is No 1 Lodge?

No 1 Lodge, Cadbury at Bournville Lane, Birmingham, B30 2HP

In brief

Now near the Cadbury Sales Shop. No 1 Lodge was built in 1899 as part of a suite of offices for directors of the then newly formed Cadbury Brothers Limited Company. It used to be called the Girl's Lodge at one point.

No 1 Lodge at the Cadbury factory from Bournville Lane (March 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

No 1 Lodge - history

The building is known as No.1 Lodge and is one of a number of entrances into the factory. It was built in 1899 as part of a suite of offices for directors of the then newly formed Cadbury Brothers Limited Company.

No 1 Lodge at the Cadbury factory from Bournville Lane (April 2009). Photography by Elliott Brown

Prior to this date the business had been run as a partnership between brothers George and Richard Cadbury and their original offices are situated just behind No.1 Lodge which were built in 1880.

No 1 Lodge at the Cadbury factory from Bournville Lane (April 2009). Photography by Elliott Brown

The original factory entrance was opposite the railway station (to the right) and called Station Lodge. When railway lines were installed in the factory in 1884 an additional entrance was built, just slightly to the left of this plaque, close to the pavement. This was called the Girl's Lodge and later No.1 Lodge. It was demolished as part of the construction of the tall building to the left. known as Linden Block which was completed in 1966. The directors were relocated to this new building and the new factory entrance was created through their old offices and this is now called No. 1 Lodge.

No 1 Lodge at the Cadbury factory from Bournville Lane (October 2011). Photography by Elliott Brown

The whole Bournville site has become known as 'The Factory in a Garden'. The ancient pear tree which grew againsts Mrs Duffield's Cottage, that once stood near No. 1 Lodge, still remains.

No 1 Lodge at the Cadbury factory from Bournville Lane (April 2009). Photography by Elliott Brown