38, Birmingham Street

SO 9989 SW SO 9989 NW 16/50 17/50 29.10.79

SANDWELL MB BIRMINGHAM STREET (north side)

Oldbury No 38

GV II

Shop row. Mid-C19. Brick with painted stone or stucco dressings and slate roof. Three storeys. South facade, facing Birmingham Street, of four bays with chamfered quoins to upper storeys. C20 shop fronts on ground floor, with doorway in second bay having round head. Windows to upper storeys sashed. Those to first floor have architraves, and cornices on brackets. Those to the second floor have architraves with segmental heads and keystones. Elaborate bracketed eaves cornice. Chimney at left. The right-hand corner is curved. The left-hand bay of the right-hand return wall is flanked by chamfered quoins and is treated in a manner similar to the front elevation. To the right are two bays of four storeys. The ground floor is stuccoed and has three window openings with segmental heads: the right-hand one is blind. The windows of the first and second floors have architraves with segmental heads and keystones. The third floor windows, under the eaves, have plain surrounds. Two chimneys on ridge.

Listing NGR: SO9911789494