75-79, FRANCIS ROAD B16

FRANCIS ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B16 Nos 75 to 79 (consec) SP 0586 SW 37/8 18.7.80 II GV 2. 1838. A pair of semi-detached houses either side of a larger house, No 77, Nos 75 Claremont House and Nos 78 and 79 stuccoed. 2 storeys plus basement; 4 trays wide with the outer ones rusticated in bands on the ground floor, advanced somewhat and containing the doors approached up steps and within moulded eared surround. Above the door, a small arched window and blank panel within a moulded surround surmounted by a panel and flanked by Ionic pilasters carrying an entablature. The centre bays with 2 sash windows on both ground and first floors (replaced in the ground floor of No 78 and 79 by canted bay windows). Moulded band at first floor level. Cornice; blocking course (missing in Nos 75 and 76. Nos 75 and 76 have their basements opened up into garages and attic storeys added. No 77 (Clifton House). 2 storeys plus basement and attic; 3 bays with rusticated pilasters left and right. Stucco. Ground floor with central panelled door with fanlight flanked by Tuscan pilasters carrying an entablature and approached up 6 steps and with single arched sash window on either side. Moulded string course at first floor level. First floor with 3 flat-headed 3-pane sash windows with blank panels beneath; the central window narrower than the other two. Cornice. Altered attic storey with 3 modern casement windows. Single bays, set back somewhat from the front of the block, centre it to the pairs of semi-detached houses.

Listing NGR: SP0535186104