Description

CALTHORE ROAD
1.
5104
Edgbaston B15
No 19
SP 0585 NE 40/1
II GV
2.
Early Calthorpe Estate villa of circa 1820 extended to corner with St James
Road and rear circa 1880. Original block of 2 storeys, 3 bays red brick
with low pitched hipped slate roof, flat eaves on shallow brackets. Sash windows
with grooved voussoir stucco flat arches. Stucco stringcourse. Taller
large entrance block of circa 1880 to corner with hipped lantern to roof.
Arcaded timber entrance loggia with ornate carved work giving access to vestibule
at right angles to original house. Stucco arched doorway with foliage capitals
and similar detail to large window towards road in brick pilaster frame.
Canted bays to rear. Included for early villa date and group value.

Listing NGR: SP0556985818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26339398

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)