Description

AMPTON ROAD
1.
5104
Edgbaston B15
No 11
SP 0585 SE 45/5
II GV
2.
Circa 1855-60 Tudor-gothic detached villa. Asymmetrical, 2 storeys and attic,
white roughcast with stucco quotas and dressings. Two gabled bays, one breaking
forward from the other, from the front and back on to a crosswing with a lower
service wing behind. Gables have delicately pierced bargeboards with finials.
Steep slate roofs with bands of scalloped slates, decorative masking tiles.
Gable of rear wing has saddlestone surmounted by ogee moulded chimney stack;
otherwise grouped or single chimney shafts on red brick stacks, 2 with tall
terracotta Tudor pattern pots. Fenestration consists of 2, 3 and 4 light wood
mullioned transomed windows in splayed reveals, rectangular mullioned bay
windows to ground floor on front elevation. Verandah to east garden front.
Entrance in angle of crosswing to west side, canted across with Tudor arched
door, panelled spandrels and arcaded parapet.

Listing NGR: SP0564485195

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26339514

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)