Description

BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH SO 97 NE 15/10041 Number 1959, Former Entrance Lodge to Rubery Hill Hospital II Former entrance lodge,now private dwelling.Circa 1882 by Martin and Chamberlain for the Borough of Birmingham Lunatic Asylum Committee of Visitors,with C20 alterations and additions.Red brick with ashlar dressings,gable stacks with moulded brickwork,and a plain tiled roof with crested ridges and terracotta finials.West elevation;2 storeys,4 bays with advanced gable to right,and entrance in the angle of the 2 ranges,beneath an open porch supported on moulded timber posts.6-panel door, the upper 4 panels glazed and below a rectangular overlight.To the left of the doorway,2 ground floor openings,one tall with an upper sash of 12 lights over an undivided lower sash and steeply sloping ashlar cill.Smaller window without glazing bars. Window above doorway interrupts bracketed eaves.Advanced gable with 2 tall narrow sashes without glazing bars to ground floor;coupled first floorsashes to gable centre within gable wall incorporating slender box framing above moulded terracotta band.Brick nogging infill to framing.Moulded bargeboards with drop finial.South elevation with gablet above canted bay window and with moulded terracotta band returned above.Advanced gable to garden front with moulded band below eaves brackets,and chimney breast expressed in gable.Single first floor sash to left of gable apex.Tall lean-to extends beyond line of gable.Interior not inspected but likely to contain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SO9936977560

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