Description

1. CHURCH ROAD 5104 Edgbaston B15 No 24 Edgbaston Golf Club (formerly listed as Edgbaston Hall) SP 0584 NE 49/10 25.4.52 II

2. The central block a rebuilding of 1717 by Sir Richard Gough of an earlier structure destroyed in 1688. Red brick; slate roof. Two and a half storeys, 5 bays with quoins. Ground floor with central closed porch with Tuscan columns and an elaborate brickwork top. The fenestration by sashes, those of the ground and lst floors tall and narrow, those of the attic storey square, and all with stone heads and keystones. Elaborate brickwork parapet. Two rainwater heads with the Gough arms. Inside, a contemporary staircase with twisted balusters and Corinthian columns as newal posts, good panelling and doors with their original brass furniture. At the rear, C19 additions, 2-storeyed and with a big canted bay window on the left-hand return, 3-storeyed on the right-hand return. To the right of the block, another 4-bayed 2-storeyed wing 2 bays deep and without quoins at the angles. At the rear of the house some fine C18 wrought-iron gates. William Withering died in the home in 1799.

Listing NGR: SP0568984658

External Links

• Wikidata Q26339275

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)