Description

CALTHORPE ROAD
1.
5104
Edgbaston B15
Nos 39 and 40
SP 0585 NW 39/31
II GV
2.
Circa 1830 pair of Calthorpe Estate semi-detached stucco villas. Two storeys,
3 bays each, with coach houses. Common hipped slate roof with flat eaves;
corniced stucco chimneys. Front articulated by giant order of Soanian incised
panel pilasters, coupled to centre at party wall. Plain revealed glazing
bar sashes on first floor. One ground floor window of each house replaced
circa 1850 by pilastered rectangular bay window with bracketed cornice, not
identical No 30 also has tripartite glazing bar sash window to right hand.
Narrow entrance bay to centre of each front with pediment on acanthus leaf
consoles above recessed doorways. No 39 has slightly recessed link wall,
with side entrance, to pediment gabled coach house (modernised). No 40 a
single bay 2 storey wing, virtually in same plane, containing segmental arched
coach house doors on ground floor with side entrance, and first floor window.

Listing NGR: SP0544285657

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514870

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)