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Royal Wolverhampton School

A Grade II Listed Building in Blakenhall, City of Wolverhampton

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5721 / 52°34'19"N

Longitude: -2.1382 / 2°8'17"W

OS Eastings: 390733

OS Northings: 297146

OS Grid: SO907971

Mapcode National: GBR 1BQ.3C

Mapcode Global: WHBFZ.4M31

Plus Code: 9C4VHVC6+RP

Entry Name: Royal Wolverhampton School

Listing Date: 8 August 1991

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1207637

English Heritage Legacy ID: 378519

ID on this website: 101207637

Location: Goldthorn Hill, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV3

County: City of Wolverhampton

Electoral Ward/Division: Blakenhall

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Wolverhampton

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands

Church of England Parish: Central Wolverhampton

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



WOLVERHAMPTON

SO99NW PENN ROAD
895-1/5/365 (East side)
03/02/77 Royal Wolverhampton School

GV II

Orphanage, now school. 1853, by Joseph Manning; extensions of
1863, Headmaster's residence, 1885, and dormitory wing, c1900.
Brick with blue brick diapering and ashlar dressings; slate
roof with brick stacks. Elizabethan style. 2 storeys;
symmetrical 9-window range with gabled end wings. Top cornice
with panels of blind balustrading; shaped gables with finials;
quoins. Double-chamfered-mullioned and transomed windows
mostly of 2 lights; 2-storey bay windows of 4 lights under the
gables. Central 4-stage tower has entrance with 4-centred head
and paired doors, Royal Arms above between lozenges; 2 statues
of charity children on plinths flank 2-storey canted oriel of
1:2:1 lights with top balustrading; 3-light window above; top
clock faces and shaped gables with angle finials; recessed
swept spirelet; black letter inscriptions over entrance and
bay windows of centre range. Later flanking 4-window ranges
with end gables; later 4-window range to left end and 2-window
attached Headmaster's residence to right end; 2 rear wings
flank projecting hall; long dormitory wing projects to rear
right. Headmaster's residence is similar; shaped gable to
right. Returns and rear wings have similar details; hall
windows and some others have original decorative glazing.
INTERIOR: hall with hammer-beam roof, canted apse and gallery
with contemporary organ; Gothic style fireplace; some flashed
and etched glass lozenges to windows to right; stairs to
flanking wings have enriched iron balusters and square newels
with finials. The building was opened as the Wolverhampton
Orphan Asylum by J.Lees, the founder.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:
1974-: P.323).


Listing NGR: SO9073397146

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