138 AND 140, HIGH STREET

COLESHILL HIGH STREET SP2088-2188 (West side) 11/49 Nos.138 and 140 l1/11/52 GV II House, now offices. Late C18, remodelled and extended in the early to mid-C19. Plastered walls lined as ashlar; plain tile roof; brick ridge stacks. Roughly L-shaped in plan. East elevation: 2 storeys with boldly moulded eaves cornice and plain coped parapet carried round the gable of the left-hand bay. 3-window front: No.138 to the right has glazing bar casements with straight hood moulds and a central door with blocked fanlight; No.140 to the left has a Venetian window on each floor, and a 6-panel door to the right with panelled doorcase. South elevation: 2 storeys with cornice and parapet carried round from the east front. 1:4 window front: C19 glazing bar casements with 3-centred heads and hood moulds with block stops and raised keys. The left-hand bay projects forward; it is a C19 extension and has a dentilled eaves band and hipped roof with the ridge at a higher level than the main building. The west front of this extension has 2 bays of 16-pane glazing bar sashes with segmental heads and hood moulds and a square porch in the centre with rectangular overlight.

Listing NGR: SP2007588873