68 Coleshill Road

68 Coleshill Road is a Grade II listed house of red brick, dating largely from the late 18th century but incorporating building materials and alterations from the 18th to 20th centuries. The brickwork is predominantly laid in Flemish bond, with brick stacks and plain clay tile roofs; only the garage extension departs from this, being covered in corrugated asbestos.

The house is oriented north-south with its principal elevation facing east. The main structure is a four-bay range with an additional bay to the south. The two northernmost bays project slightly forward, and a curved rear outshut extends to the north. The principal rooms are arranged along the eastern front.

The main elevation comprises two storeys and an attic. A string course runs between the ground and first floors, topped by a brick dentil cornice. The entrance is set in an off-centre gabled bay that projects slightly forward, containing a fielded four-panel door in a moulded wood surround, with a ten-over-ten sash window to its right. The first floor carries eight-over-eight pane sashes throughout, with painted sham flat arches and keyblocks. A small attic casement with many glazing bars sits above. The left section features windows of varying size: the ground floor has a large eight-over-eight sash abutting the string course on the left and a blocked window of similar proportions on the right. The second, third and fourth bays have brick segmental arches. The right part includes a mid- to late-19th-century single-storey flat-roofed addition with a plate-glass French window comprising double-leaf doors and flanking windows in a moulded wood surround of pilaster strips, shaped brackets and entablature. The rear elevation is irregular with brickwork of varying dates; windows are a mixture of multi-paned late-19th-century timber casements and mid-20th-century metal-framed examples, with a small sash to the first floor of the curved northern section. The rear entrance door sits in a segmental-arched opening and is fielded with partial glazing.

Interior features include a principal entrance hall that was formerly the main living space, containing a wide inglenook fireplace with a 20th-century brick-built interior and a large chamfered bressumer above. The ceiling displays substantial chamfered and stopped ceiling beams with exposed ceiling joists of contemporary date. The staircase is a hardwood example with a curved curtail step, though the balusters and handrail were replaced with solid infill in the 20th century. The former dining room to the north has a 20th-century brick-built fire surround. The living room to the south features shallow segmental-arched niches either side of its fireplace, another 20th-century brick replacement. Doors throughout are a mixture of 18th-century plank doors, 19th-century four-panel doors without mouldings, and later replacements. The rear lobby has a quarry-tiled floor continuing into the scullery. The kitchen to the south has had its floor removed. The first floor retains most of its wide timber floorboards and some 18th-century plank and batten doors with moulded edges to the planks; 20th-century alterations have removed or replaced the fireplaces, and most ceiling beams have been boxed. The attic is divided into three sections by brick partition walls rising to the roof pitch to act as trusses. 18th-century twin purlins survive between the walls, and the roof is plastered between them.