Description

WELLINGTON ROAD
l .
5104
Edgbaston B15
No 60
SP 0684 NW 50/17 21.1.70
II GV
2.
C1820-30, a good stucco villa set back from road behind forecourt. Two storeys,
3 bays, symmetrical with Grecian details. One and a half bay extension to
south of C1850. An elaborate composition with recessed centre. Plinth and
first floor sill course. Prominent giant pilasters rising from plinth with
bands of anthemion decoration as capitals below breaks in cornice, the dies
aligned in parapet above have wreaths. Slate roof with band corniced
chimneys. Outer first floor windows in eared architrave surrounds, the central
one in plain reveal with projecting dropped lintel on consoles, panel in
parapet above. Ground floor windows in pilaster strip frames with acanthus
consoles supporting dropped lintels decorated with wreath and scroll ornament,
first floor sill course breaks forward over. The entrance is set in a
tripartite frame the full width of the recess: 1/4 pilasters to side lights
and full pilasters flanking door, the entablature breaking forward over them
with wreath ornament; door of 6 fielded panels. Rear garden elevation has
alterations of C1850-60 with 2 storey canted bays and a curved sided bay to
centre. Canted verandah with fretted eaves.

Listing NGR: SP0619084940

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26340321

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]