The area has a semi-rural character enhanced by the absence of substantial post-war development and the inclusion of Moseley Hall Hospital, a converted Georgian manor whose 18th century grounds, part of which are now a private park, were landscaped by Humphrey Repton.

The housing stock mainly consists of late-Victorian red-brick terraces with grey slate roofs, Gothic revival mid-19th century mansions and Edwardian arts and crafts villas.

Notable buildings include the medieval church of St Mary's on St Mary's Row, the Victorian Gothic St Anne's on Park Hill and the Georgian Moseley Hall on the Alcester Road.

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Saint Mary's is a mediaeval church dating from the 15th century; the west tower was added in the 16th century.

The church was  largely rebuilt in the Decorated Style by J.A Chatwin in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; he added the north aisle in 1886, the side chapel in 1897 and the crenellation and pinnacles on the west tower in 1898.

The nave and south aisle were rebuilt by his son P.B. Chatwin in 1910.

St Anne's on Park Hill is a Victorian Gothic Revival Church designed by Frederick Preedy; it was built in stone in 1870-73 and consists of a nave, chancel, aisles, clerestory, north-west tower and spire. The vestry was added in 1898 and the baptistery in 1923.

The interior contains some excellent stained glass that replaced original windows lost in the Blitz.

Moseley Hall is an ashlar Georgian mansion on the Alcester Road that was built in 1795 by John Taylor: a button manufacturer and co-founder of Lloyds Bank.

An older house, which had stood on the same site, was gutted by an arson attack during the Priestley Riots of 1791.

The main facade features a splendid Tuscan arch whose entablature is supported by four double columns; the grounds contain an 18th dovecote and red-brick Georgian stables.

Richard Cadbury bought Moseley Hall in 1884; six years later he donated the house for use as a children's home; it is now a hospital.

The Moseley Dovecote stands in the grounds of Moseley Hall; it was built in the 18th century for nesting boxes at a time when pigeon meat was considered a delicacy.

After pigeons were classified as vermin in the 19th century, most country house dovecotes were demolished but this one remains a local landmark on the Alcester Road.