The park was historically the grounds of The Grove, an 18th-century Georgian house.

One of Birmingham's first MPs, Thomas Attwood, lived at The Grove between 1823 and 1846.

Attwood is immortalised in a bronze statue which is sat on the steps of Chamberlain Square.

A panelled anteroom of the drawing room at The Grove was saved from destruction and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

[2] The room was used to display Kendrick's collection of blue and white ceramics.