Description

HIGHFIELD ROAD
1.
5104
Edgbaston B15
Nos 3 and 4
SP 0585 NW 39/17
II GV
2.
Circa 1830 pair of semi-detached 2 storey late Regency stucco villas. Symmetrical
design overall with pediment gable wings flanking centre range of 2 broad bays with
entrance bays in corners. The ground floor channelled and screened between wings
by good tent roof verandah of 7 bays articulated by scrolled iron plaster standards,
the end over broader opposite doorways. Slate roofs, shallow eaves frieze. Ground
floor of recessed range has French casements giving onto the verandah. Arched
doorways have lunette fanlights with radial mouchette pattern, first floor windows:
plainly revealed sashes to No 4 but with splayed eared architraves at No 3. The
wings with moulded pediments have similar first floor windows but circa 1860
pilastered pent roofed canted bay windows on ground floor. No 3 has slightly
recessed service wing, with 2 windows as on main house, and downswept shaped
parapet to roof. Service wing to No 4 set much further back, altered except for
first floor window. J.R.C Tolkien (1892-1973) lived at No 4 191O-11.

Listing NGR: SP0506585944

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26340974

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide