140 AND 142, BRISTOL ROAD B5

BRISTOL ROAD 1. 5104 (east side) Edgbaston B5 Nos 140 and 142 SP 0684 NW 50/1 II 2. Circa 1840, a pair of semi-detached 2 storey stucco villas of 3 bays each, designed as a symmetrical composition under one hipped slate roof. Flanking and central corniced stucco chimneys. Plinth; ground floor chanelled up to first floor sill band; bed mould to flat eaves. Architrave framed glazing bar sashes on first floor. Ground floor of No 140 retains unaltered glazing bar sashes with cornices on consoles. No 142 has later C19 insertion of canted, corniced bay windows. The doorways, contained in round headed architrave surrounds, have Soanian incised panelled pilasters, incised door head panels and thin cornices with the fanlights set above. No 142 has coach house doors set in screen wall to right with cornice and blocking course, the later raised in centre with panel inscribed "Wilton House".

Listing NGR: SP0647984680