NOS. 61 AND 63 SHRUBBERY HOUSE (61); BALLIOL HOUSE (63)

Nos. 61 and 63 Shrubbery House (61), and Balliol House (63) are a semi-detached pair of villas, dating to 1843. They are constructed of limestone ashlar with slate roofs. The design is Picturesque Tudor villa style, featuring a broad gabled transverse range with a cross-gable brought forward to No. 61, and additional rear ranges.

The two-storey buildings, with attic and basement levels, have varied wooden casement windows set in double-chamfered stone surrounds, many incorporating drip courses. The front gable of No. 61 includes a small lancet window above a deep four-light window with a drip and valance. There is an octagonal bay window on the ground floor, featuring blocking including a central gablet above a shield of arms in one-three-one-light glazing with stone mullions. The gable is coped with kneelers, with remnants of a former bellcote. To the left is a four-light window with drips, and a decorative band marking the floors, beyond the main range with a narrow single light on each floor. An end coped gable with an octagonal finial contains a small lancet window above a four-light window, and a panelled door within a Tudor arch with spandrels and a drip.

No. 63 features a large four-light window with a transom at each floor, with drips, and is set beneath a false gablet on kneelers, with a single shield above the first floor and a group of shields on the ground floor. To the right is a small vertical light on each floor. A ridge stack between the two properties has six octagonal shafts with cappings. The return gable, which provides an entrance from Bewdley Road, is coped with kneelers and remnants of a finial, with a plain lancet above two narrow blind lights. A porch with a stepped gable fronts the entrance, leading to paired panelled doors with a drip and side lights in the returns. A slightly set-back link wall with crenellations and a central gablet adjoins a two-light window with a drip at each floor, leading to a square tower with heavy projecting blocking and a parapet.

The interiors have not been inspected. These villas were built as part of a wider development, representing a move away from the simpler classical style of earlier properties on Prior Park Road.