Description

SANDWELL MB QUESLETT ROAD
SP 09 SE
Great Barr
6/130 Handsworth Lodge
30.4.71
II

House. Late C18. Stuccoed brick with slate roof. Gothick style. Single
storey. Main part of south facade of two bays with clasping buttresses,
central pilaster strip, and moulded band below parapet with coping. The
windows have architraves with impost blocks and ogee tops terminating with
poppy heads. Gables coped with finials. To the right is a lower bay with
a parapet and similar window surround. To its right is a possible addition
with a gable and with two further window surrounds. The west gable wall faced
the driveway. Its clasping buttresses have blind tracery decoration and there
is a crocketted ogee arch with poppy head and blind tracery enclosing three
smaller arches. The outer two are windows similar to those of the south facade.
The middle one belongs to the doorway, which is surmounted by a shield of arms
with helmet. The building was formerly a lodge to Great Barr Hall in Walsall
MB (qv).

Listing NGR: SP0521094271

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26343516

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas