1-4, HAMPTON STREET B19 (See details for further address information)

In the entry for HAMPTON STREET 25/3 Edgbaston B19 Nos 1 to 4 (consec)

The address shall be amended to read HAMPTON STREET City Centre B4 Nos 1 to 4 (consec) ------------------------------------

HAMPTON STREET 1. 5104 Edgbaston B19 Nos 1 to 4 (consec) SP 0687 NE 25/3 II GV 2. Includes Nos 394, 395 and 396 Summer Lane, Newtown. C1880 corner block of shops and works with housing and workshops above. The bowed corner and immediate returns of 4 storeys, the main side ranges of 3 storeys and attics. Built of red brick with stone, cut brick, ceramic bricks and polychrome tile decoration and dressings. The corner has elements of Ruskinian Gothic relating to the terrace on Constitution Hill whilst the side ranges have more usual Birmingham Gothic detailing. The corner shop front is painted white with broad articulating piers, whilst the adjacent shops and works entrances on both fronts have panelled pilasters with elongated acanthus consoles and bracketed cornices. The upper storeys single and coupled jointed windows with leaf carved impost strings. Gables with decorative roundels break the cut brick eaves. The corner has a 3 tiered wood oriel ornately decorated with quatrefoil top lights to casements and panelled superstructure with deep cornice breaking through the eaves. Important corner site.

Listing NGR: SP0680887655