39 And 40, Calthorpe Road B15

CALTHORPE ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Nos 39 and 40 SP 0585 NW 39/31 II GV 2. Circa 1830 pair of Calthorpe Estate semi-detached stucco villas. Two storeys, 3 bays each, with coach houses. Common hipped slate roof with flat eaves; corniced stucco chimneys. Front articulated by giant order of Soanian incised panel pilasters, coupled to centre at party wall. Plain revealed glazing bar sashes on first floor. One ground floor window of each house replaced circa 1850 by pilastered rectangular bay window with bracketed cornice, not identical No 30 also has tripartite glazing bar sash window to right hand. Narrow entrance bay to centre of each front with pediment on acanthus leaf consoles above recessed doorways. No 39 has slightly recessed link wall, with side entrance, to pediment gabled coach house (modernised). No 40 a single bay 2 storey wing, virtually in same plane, containing segmental arched coach house doors on ground floor with side entrance, and first floor window.

Listing NGR: SP0544285657