116, 120 AND 120A, MOSELEY ROAD B12

MOSELEY ROAD 1. 5104 Highgate B12 Nos 116, 120 and 120A SF 0885 NW 53/8 5.ll.81 II GV 2. Circa 1840-50 built as a pair of stucco faced villas, distinguished by 3 prominent 2 storey bows. No 116 has one bow with narrow recessed entrance bay to right and with standard width bay to left. No 120 is double fronted with 2 bows flanking entrance bay and narrow extension of one bay to right. Ground floor enamelled and rusticated up to first floor sill course, set higher on bows. Bed mould to frieze on flanking and entrance bays. Moulded cornice and blocking course broken forward over bows. On the ground floor the bows have enamelled pilasters flanking front window panel and blind narrow panels to sides, the mouldings turned out for short strip before returning to the wall plane. On the first floor there are simply moulded panels corresponding. Tripartite curved sashes to ground floor. Curved single sashes to first floor in incised panelled architraves with moulded cornices. Entrance bays have similar first floor narrow windows with segmental pediments. The ground floor entablature of the bow windows carried across doorheads. Panelled reveals, 4 panel doors with rectangular fanlights. The flanking bays each end have architrave surrounds to first floor windows and plain revealed windows in rusticated ground floors. Round headed side entrances. An odd pair for Birmingham housing of the period, more akin to Bayswater-Notting Hill.

Listing NGR: SP0819685635