The Corinthians is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Villa. 7 related planning applications.
The Corinthians
- WRENN ID
- dim-barrel-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- The Corinthians, 96, Bristol Road B5, B5 7XJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 066 849
- Coordinates
- 52.46264, -1.90374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corinthians is a substantial villa built around 1855, located on Bristol Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham. This two-storey building features five bays and is faced with stucco, topped by a hipped slate roof. It has corniced stucco chimneys with arcaded panels. The channeled ground floor is adorned with canted bay windows that rise from moulded sills, separated by Corinthian pilasters that frame the sash lights.
A richly detailed Corinthian column porch enhances the entrance, while the ground floor entablature has a dentil cornice that projects over the bays and porch. The blocking course serves as a sill for the first-floor windows. The windows are round-headed with moulded reveals and feature a roll moulded string at the impost level, arching over from angled acanthus leaf stops. The main frieze has a bed mould with an incised key pattern, and the flat eaves are finished with a moulded bed.
Stringcourses and other decorative elements are returned to the side elevations. On the south side, there is a wooden conservatory with arcaded lights, where the dividers are topped with consoles, and a ridge lantern completes the design.
Local climate
The Corinthians receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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