Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

680-1/18/229 KINGSTON SQUARE
12-NOV-1973 (West side)
FACADE OF FORMER HULL CO-OPERATIVE INS
TITUTE WITHIN KINGSTON COURT

(Formerly listed as:
KINGSTON SQUARE
6
Facade of former Hull Cooperative Inst
itute)
(Formerly listed as:
KINGSTON SQUARE
6
Hull Cooperative Institute)

II

Façade of Co-Operative Institute, formerly the Hull and East Riding School of Medicine and Anatomy. Dated 1833. Designed by Robert Abrahams of London. Ashlar and brick. Roofless. Greek Revival style. Single storey on basement. 3 bays. Projecting entre with angle pilasters, entablature with sculptured phial in frieze, dentillated cornice, moulded pediment. Steps with plain flanking walls to central moulded Egyptian style stone doorcase set in a rusticated panel, with scroll brackets to cornice and frieze with date in Roman numerals. Above the door, a painted sign reading "Kingston Court". Side bays have full entablature with dentillated cornice and terminal pilasters topped with acroteria. In each bay, a glazing bar window flanked by quarter pilasters. Below each window, a blank panel.

Listing NGR: TA0966029160

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512517

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version