78 Wellington Road B15

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

WELLINGTON ROAD 1.

5104 Edgbaston B15 No 78 SP 0665 SE 47/10 II GV 2.

C1825-30 stucco villa built perhaps slightly before the adjoining No 79.

Two storeys stucco faced brick. Three bay front with one bay extension containing what was formerly a screen wall coach house, the first floor a slightly later addition. Plinth; moulded bed to shallow flat eaves of half hipped slate roof; stucco chimney stack. Plainly revealed glazing bar sash windows to first floor, centre narrower and blind. Original right hand ground floor window contained in very shallow round arched panel. The left hand window replaced C1840-50 by a slight projection with a canted bay glazing bar sash window, frieze and cornice. This bay window is contemporary with and linked to the similar addition at No 79. The central entrance has a surround consisting of a double order of architrave and archivolt arch with impost blocks, containing archivolt arched fanlight with marginal glazing over door of 6 fielded panels framed by slender pilasters in reveals. The extension has segmental arched coach house doors and passage entry.



Listing NGR: SP0655085146

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0616 IOE Records taken by Geoff Dowling; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Geoff Dowling. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project