Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO9198SW ST JOHN'S SQUARE
895-1/13/320 (East side)
16/07/49 King's House
(Formerly Listed as:
ST JOHN'S SQUARE
St Joseph's Convent of the Sisters
of Mercy)

GV II

Part of former convent, now office. Late C18 or early C19,
with mid C19 reconstruction to rear. Brick with stone
dressings; slate roof. 2 storeys; 7-window range. Top frieze
and cornice. Windows have rubbed brick flat arches over
12-pane sashes; blind windows to 2nd bay; ground floor has 2
horned sashes and 3 sashes with moulded frames; 1st floor has
stained-glass window to 1st bay, narrow window with stone
lintel to 6th bay, over round-headed entrance with archivolt,
keystone, and fanlight. Large C20 stack. Mid C19 rear
elevation has stone 1st floor sill band and top brick Lombard
frieze; pointed windows with stone reveals, those to ground
floor trefoil-headed with hood moulds. Entrance to 1st bay.
Part of former convent which included Calvary Chapel, Regents
Court and St John's Cloisters (q.v.) and Hanover House,
George St (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO9148498185

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497555

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)