18, Carpenter Road B15

CARPENTER ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 No 18 SP 0585 SE 45/25 II GV 2. Corner site with Wheeley's Road. Circa 1855-6O substantial Italianate, 2 storey, stucco villa. Four bay front, the entrance bar to right of centre recessed. Plinth; diamond rusticated quotas; stringcourse over ground floor and first floor sill course. Elaborate eaves cornice with superimposed console brackets. Hipped slate roof, chimey stacks with ornamental pots. Large porch with heavy blocking to triple group of coupled pilasters capped by pairs of console brackets to cornice; solid balcony above has curved blocks at corners and cornice. Doorway has inner rusticated arch and outer smooth arch on piers. Windows have architraves with console brackets to sills and to heavy cornices. Those on first floor have Mannerist detail of miniature scroll pediment keystones. Similar elevation of the 3 bays to Wheeley's Road. Small gabled coach house linked by screen wall to left of front. Service wing to rear projecting from 2 bays similarly detailed to main elevations.

Listing NGR: SP0587885238