Description

GEORGE ROAD
1.
5104
Edgbaston B15
No 29
SP 0585 NE 40/32
II GV
2.
C1800-10, tall detached 3 storey villa with symmetrical 3 bay front. Probably
red brick originally but remodelled in Grecian stucco C1830. Lower 2 storey
wing to right and one storey wing with annexes returning to coach house with
hipped slate roof on street frontage, to left. Plinth; moulded eaves cornice
to hipped slate roof; flanking stucco chimney stacks with stepped cornices.
All windows have simple architrave surrounds and retain glazing bar sashes.
Tripartite Venetian porch with segmental arch to centre, on 4 square piers
with Soanian incised panels supporting heavy entablature and blocking course
raised as pediment over centre. The lower 2 storey wing to right has same
fenestration as main block. The rear garden elevation has a pair of 2 storey
bows flanking doorway. The Round House (No 16 St James's Road qv) was originally
a folly in the grounds of No 29, subsequently sold off.

Listing NGR: SP0580585588

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26339082

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)