Description

BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH (OFF)
SO 97 NE
Former Medical Superintendant's
15/10032
House at Rubery Hill Hospital
II
Former Medical Superintendant's House,now Nursery school.Dated
1879,by Martin and Chamberlain of Birmingham for the Borough
of Birmingham's Lunatic Asylums Committee of Visitors.Red
brick with ashlar and terracotta dressings.Sidewall and ridge
stacks with some moulded brickwork and clay pots.Barge-boarded
gables,and plain tiled roof with crested clay ridges.
Irregular plan with 'L' shaped front range at right angles to
triple-gabled rear elevation.South elevation of 2 storeys
above a basement,3 bays,with 'L'shaped porch to middle bay
giving access to flight of steps leading to raised
entrance.Porch has gabled timber superstructure on battered
ashlar and brick piers,with pointed entry arch.Sidewall to
stepped entry has a 6-light clerestorey below a plain tiled
lean-to roof with small glazed dormer.Above porch
gable,projecting breast of a sidewall chimney.To the west,a 4
over 4 pane ground floor sash window; above lean-to roof to
centre bay, coupled 6-pane lights.Advanced gabled bay to east
with coupled sash windows to ground floor above a blind
basement.Frames have 12 panes to the upper sash and 2
below.First floor canted oriel carried on moulded timber
brackets with sashes matching those to ground floor.Fish-scale
tiled apron to gable forms roof to oriel below decorative
cambered collar and yoke to gable apex.Further to
east,steepll-pitched lean-to links with 5 bay corridor with
entrance return at east end.Triple gabled north elevation with
lean-to glazed porch to centre above copled stair windows.West
elevation has gabled south bay with canted ashlar bay
window.Coupled sashes above.Jettied apex to decorative gable
incorporates timber nogging and ornamental terracotta.Interior
retains many original panelled doors,turned baluster
staircase,plaster cornice and encaustic-tiled entrance hall
floor.

Listing NGR: SO9916577819

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26527753

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