Hawthorn

HAMSTEAD HALL ROAD 1. 5104 Handsworth Wood B20 No 58 (Hawthorn) SP 09 SW 2/5 II GV 2. Early C19 altered and added to. Painted brick; slate roof. Centrepiece of 3 storeys and 3 bays, the central one advanced a little and pedimented. Ground floor with a bit open porch with coupled Tuscan columns supporting a tiglyph frieze and blocking course and flanked on each side by a single tall sash window. First floor with an arched sash flanked on each side by a single sash window. Broad band at first floor level. Second floor with 3 almost square sash windows. Bracketed eaves cornice. Later wings carried and advanced somewhat. They have large tripartite windows to both floors but the ground floor on the right hand side has a projecting canted bay window. To the right again, more additions. Inside, a staircase typical of C1860 and, indeed, the stained glass window is signed and dated EB 1862. Another stained glass window with the initials EB and the legend 'Dieu donne toutes choses'.

Listing NGR: SP0449691482