Davidson House And Attached Railings

Davidson House, located at 67 Upper St John Street in Lichfield, is a house that has been converted into an office. Built around 1810, it features a brick structure with ashlar dressings and a hipped slate roof, complemented by two large brick stacks. The house stands three storeys tall and has a three-window range. Notable architectural elements include an ashlar plinth, sill bands, and a top cornice with modillions and a blocking course.

The central entrance is framed by an architrave and overlight, leading to paired three-panel doors set within an altered porch that has a slender Tuscan column on the right. To the left, there is a bay window topped with a cornice. The windows are adorned with pilasters, friezes, and cornices; the tripartite bay window features colonnettes and 8:12:8-pane sashes. A similar window to the right has brick piers and a central open pediment. The first floor has two tripartite windows with colonnettes and central open pediments, alongside a flanking window with an open pediment above a 12-pane sash. The second floor windows are fitted with architraves and six-pane sashes.

At the right end of the house, there is a terrace with steps leading to street level, enclosed by plain iron railings. The street facade maintains similar architectural details, including a high plinth and tripartite windows on the ground and first floors, with the ground floor window supported by brick piers.

At the rear, there is a two-storey gabled service range, and the right return features a cogged brick cornice and varied window designs. Inside, the windows are fitted with shutters.

Thomas Johnson, a prominent architect from Lichfield, lived and worked in this house from before 1834 until his death in 1853. From 1938 to 1963, the building served as the South Staffordshire Regimental Museum, named after Brigadier General C.S. Davidson.