23 AND 23A, HIGHFIELD ROAD, EDGBASTON B15

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1076340
Date first listed:: 08-Jul-1982
List Entry Name:: 23 AND 23A, HIGHFIELD ROAD, EDGBASTON B15
Statutory Address:: 23 AND 23A, HIGHFIELD ROAD, EDGBASTON B15

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1076340
Date first listed:: 08-Jul-1982
Date of most recent amendment:: 26-May-1983
List Entry Name:: 23 AND 23A, HIGHFIELD ROAD, EDGBASTON B15
Statutory Address 1:: 23 AND 23A, HIGHFIELD ROAD, EDGBASTON B15

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: 23 AND 23A, HIGHFIELD ROAD, EDGBASTON B15

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Birmingham (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SP 05340 85688

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 08/02/2013

SP 0585 NW 39/25 5104

HIGHFIELD ROAD Edgbaston B15 Nos 23 and 23A

(Formerly listed as Nos 23 and 24)

II

Circa 1840, a pair of substantial 2 storey stucco villas with classical and Italianate details. Built as an identical pair with recessed link bay, but No 23 altered circa 1865. Three bay fronts; chanelled ground floor; first floor sill course, frieze, moulded cornice and parapet. The mid 1860's alterations to No 23 comprise 2 two storey canted bays with composite pilasters, dentil course entablature carried across ground floor with composite columns flanking the doorway; modillion brackets to main cornice and pierced parapet. No 24 retains architrave framed windows, with splayed feet on plinth to ground floor, and eared architrave doorcase in panelled strip frame with stepped console brackets to moulded cornice. The south-east flank of No 23 has an Italianate wing of circa 1850 with rusticated quoins, panelled chimney breast between 2 French windows with dentil cornices, archivolt arched windows on first floor.

Listing NGR: SP0534085688

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Legacy System number:: 217284
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.