Garth House

Garth House, located at 47 Edgbaston Park Road, was built in 1901 by W H Bidlake for Ralph Heaton. This building features an irregular L-shaped plan with a brick tower at the angle and a stable yard behind the shorter arm of the L. Designed in a Tudor style influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement, Garth House has sections that are two, three, and four storeys high. The ground floor is constructed of red brick in English bond, while the first floor is roughcast with minimal stone dressings and a slate roof.

All windows are fitted with leaded lights and wooden mullions, with some also featuring transoms. Notable metalwork can be found in the door hinges, window latches, and rainwater heads. The entrance front, facing northwest, is characterized by a pair of tall brick chimneys connected at the top, a projecting gabled bay with a single window above a spacious wooden porch, and a row of small windows positioned beneath the eaves.

The garden front, which faces southeast and includes a terrace, is marked by an advanced gabled bay on the left, a broad central brick chimney stack, and two uneven gabled bays, one of which features a polygonal bowed window that extends through both the ground and first floors. The stable yard, also made of brick and roughcast, is accessed through an arch that supports the flowing slate roof. The stables across the yard have a pyramidal slate roof topped with a weathervane, set above a longer gabled roof.