Historic golf clubhouse torn down to make way for HS2
The historic former clubhouse at Lichfield's Whittington Heath Golf Club is being demolished to make way for the HS2 rail line.
The building has sat along the A51 between Lichfield and Tamworth since the 19th century, serving as a grandstand to the race course which once operated on the heath, a soldiers home in World War I and for many years, as the clubhouse for the prestigious Whittington Heath Golf Club.
However, the controversial HS2 rail line is set to bisect the golf course, and the former clubhouse lies directly in its path.
Much of the building has already been knocked down although there has been no announcement as to when construction work on HS2 in the area will begin in earnest.
A new clubhouse has been constructed for golf club members which is accessed from Common Lane.
Five holes have also been constructed on the Whittington side of the course to compensate for those that are set to be lost to HS2.
