23 And 23A, Highfield Road is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Villas. 4 related planning applications.
23 And 23A, Highfield Road
- WRENN ID
- sunken-frieze-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Villas
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 08/02/2013
SP 0585 NW 39/25 5104
HIGHFIELD ROAD Edgbaston B15 Nos 23 and 23A
(Formerly listed as Nos 23 and 24)
II
Circa 1840, a pair of substantial 2 storey stucco villas with classical and Italianate details. Built as an identical pair with recessed link bay, but No 23 altered circa 1865. Three bay fronts; chanelled ground floor; first floor sill course, frieze, moulded cornice and parapet. The mid 1860's alterations to No 23 comprise 2 two storey canted bays with composite pilasters, dentil course entablature carried across ground floor with composite columns flanking the doorway; modillion brackets to main cornice and pierced parapet. No 24 retains architrave framed windows, with splayed feet on plinth to ground floor, and eared architrave doorcase in panelled strip frame with stepped console brackets to moulded cornice. The south-east flank of No 23 has an Italianate wing of circa 1850 with rusticated quoins, panelled chimney breast between 2 French windows with dentil cornices, archivolt arched windows on first floor.
Listing NGR: SP0534085688
Detailed Attributes
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