45, Wellington Road B15

WELLINGTON ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 No 45 SP 0684 NW 50/14 21.1.70 II GV 2. C1855-40, an imposing stucco villa in ornate Grecian style; set back behind carriage sweep. Two storey symmetrical 5 bay front, the single outer bays recessed as subsidiary wings and screened coach house and service yard to south side. Plinth as base to pilaster strips supporting deep ground floor entablature with rosettes. First floor has pilasters with scrolling capitals supporting ornate stucco frieze over outer bays over centre block. Plain entablature with large cornice and high parapet the bays flanking centre with panels of pierced portholes. Plain entablatures to lower wings. Tripartite ground floor windows with consoles to lintels, slightly projecting as rectangular bays. Similar projection to first floor sash windows, the central one in architrave surround with moulded pediment. The wings have similar fenestration. Large central porch set on high plinths flanking steps: square piers with ornate oversized Corinthian capitals, supporting deep entablature breaking forward from and continuous with that over ground floor, balcony parapet above pierced by ornamental portholes, projecting corner blocks. Screen wall to south side pierced by gateway to service and stable yard, flanked by large piers with cornices and blocking courses. The slate roof is concealed by parapet. The flanking stucco chimney stacks are set on raised centre of flanks with panelled parapet stepped up.

Listing NGR: SP0604184960