Description

SP 0684 NE 51/1
5104

BRISTOL ROAD (east side),
Edgbaston B5,
No 96 (The Corinthians)

II GV

Circa 1855 substantial, 5 bay, 2 storey Calthorpe Estate villa. Stucco faced with hipped slate roof. Corniced stucco chimneys with arcaded panels. The chanelled ground floor has canted bay windows throughout, rising from moulded sills on ground and with Corinthian pilasters dividing the sash lights. Richly modelled Corinthian column porch. Ground floor entablature with dentil cornice broken forward over bays and porch, the blocking course acting as sill course to the first floor windows. There are round headed, in moulded reveals, with a roll moulded string at import level arched up over heads from angled acanthus leaf stops. Bed mould to main frieze of incised key pattern and moulded bed to the flat eaves. Stringcourses etc returned to side elevations. South side has approximately contemporary wooden conservatory arcaded lights, the dividers capped by consoles. Ridge lantern.

Listing NGR: SP0663784969

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26339468

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)