147, Lichfield Road

This is a house, likely dating back to the 16th or 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the mid-19th century to become the South Lodge of Four Oaks Hall, and again in the 20th century. It is constructed of brick, now painted, stone, timber framing, and has a tile roof. The house is two stories high and has an irregular arrangement of windows. The main facade has a gabled porch with a flat-arched entrance on the east side, along with single-story hipped and canted bay windows on either side. Above, there are two flat-arched windows with a square heraldic panel between, beneath a series of three gables featuring decorative bargeboards and finials, the central gable being larger than the others. A single flat-arched, two-light window, possibly stone, is located to the left on the first floor and is now blocked. A large external stack is situated on the left-hand return. The west front incorporates two gabled cross-wings; the northernmost and the wing running northwards are clad in weatherboarding on the upper storey. The roof features fish-scale tiles and decorative ridge tiles, with end stacks containing pairs of polygonal chimneys.

The early history of the house is evident in visible timber framing within the south wall of the staircase hall, viewable on both the ground and first floors, and on the first floor from the south-east bedroom. Some framing is also visible on the south gable end. A large inglenook fireplace was uncovered and reconstructed around 1926, complete with a massive external stack and several offsets. The house was extended northwards in the mid-19th century to form the lodge. A hipped addition, filling the re-entrant angle between the main building and the south-east face of the stack, is likely from this period. Two cross-wings exist on the west side; one is potentially from the late 19th or early 20th century, while the other is even later.

Inside, the principal features include the exposed timber framing and the reconstructed inglenook fireplace by architect WJ Davis around 1926. Several rooms contain fireplaces dating from the early 20th century.