Summary
A terrace of office and shop premises which appear to have been originally built in the C18 or early-C19 as housing, with accommodation above the shops.
Reasons for Designation
Nos. 695-697 Warwick Road, Solihull are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
History
Nos. 695-697 Warwick Road form part of a terrace which appears to have been originally built in the C18 or early-C19. The terrace, as described in the listing description of 1976, extended less far to the west, and a comparison of the footprint of that building shown on the Ordnance Survey map published in 1975 overlayed onto a present-day OS map confirms this and shows that the present Nos. 691-693 also project to the north with two wings, which are roughly square on plan. The physical evidence of the building shows that the whole of No. 691 and 693 have been rebuilt in new brick, with some re-used hand-made tiles to the roof. Records forwarded by Solihull BC confirm that planning permission was granted in January 1974 for partial demolition and rebuilding of 691-697 with accompanying conditions about the use of matching materials. Parts of the external joinery of 695-697 at ground-floor level also appear to have been renewed in the later-C20.
Details
A terrace of office and shop premises which appear to have been originally built in the later C18 as housing and later converted to shops, with accommodation above.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
218309
Legacy System:
LBS
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