Westbourne House, 17 Westbourne Road, Edgbaston.

[Shropshire Lass]

In the 1911 census my husband's great-grandparents were living in The Lodge, 17 Westbourne Road. 
I've found the family but can't find a census return for Westbourne House itself.
I've searched google as well but can't find out who lived in the property or whether it was still a private house or not.
My father-in-law thought that his grandfather had worked as a gardener for an embassy or consulate but I can't find any confirmation that this might be the place.
Any local knowledge about the place?
 

[CaroleW]

What is his occupation in 1911?  Was he still alive in 1921 - if so - where was he living then & what was his occupation

[Shropshire Lass]

He, John Dalby, was a gardener all his life - presumably the Lodge came with the job at Westbourne Manor (previously known as St Phillip's House).

By 1921, he had moved to North Road, Harborne and was a jobbing gardener.

It's who lived in the big house in 1911 that I'm interested in. 

[AlanBoyd]

There are newspaper articles in 1919 reporting a fire at the house:

Alderman Neville Chamberlain's library of 600 voiumes was destroyed by a fire which broke out at his residence, Westbourne, Edgbaston

Then I found this:

December 29th 1911, Leamington Spa Courier.

BIRTH
CHAMBERLAIN —on Christmas Day, at Westbourne, Edgbaston, Birmingham, the wife of Neville Chamberlain, of a daughter.

Yes, this THE Neville Chamberlain. In the 1911 census he is at 19 Highfield Road, Edgbaston. So perhaps he moved in to Westbourne House later that year, and it was standing empty at the time of the census?

Added: Meant to say that on the 1890 25 inch map it is named simply as “Westbourne”.

[AlanBoyd]

1901: 17 Westbourne Road, Charlotte A Lindner, 78, living own means
17 (lodge) is adjacent: Hubert Croft, policeman with his family.

She died in 1909, but probate record says that she was of Chad Valley, Westbourne Road, so she must have moved along the road.

In 1891 she is also at number 17 but her husband Max Lindner, 76, is there too, and he is "Export Merchant and German Consul". William Plover? coachman is at the lodge with his family.

[hanes teulu]

The enumerator's list 1911 reads -
Westbourne Road -
17 - unoccupied
17 (Lodge) - Mr Dalby
Oakmount
Lodge Oakmount
Courtlands

Westbourne shown on 1905 map
https://maps.nls.uk/view/101597726#zoom=6&lat=5369&lon=6244&layers=BT

[hanes teulu]

1888 Street map

https://maps.nls.uk/view/228801797#zoom=4&lat=8100&lon=4748&layers=BT

[AlanBoyd]

Newspaper article 1906
a meeting of the Birmingham branch of the Association for the Care and Protection of Young Girls was held at "Westbourne" Edgbaston "by permission of Miss C Dixon".

Newspaper Notice  December 1909
a sale of Christmas Presents in aid of The Birmingham and Midland Women's Suffrage Society to be held at Westbourne, Edgebaston (next to the Botanical Gardens)

A letter in the  December 31 1908 edition of "Women's Franchise' urging various actions in support of women's suffrage signed from Westbourne, Edgbaston by Agnes M Dixon

[AlanBoyd]

The house today.