Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO99NW PENN ROAD
895-1/5/35 (East side)
03/02/77 Lodge of Royal Wolverhampton School

GV II

Also known as: No.163 PENN ROAD Blakenhall.
Lodge. 1863. By Joseph Manning. Brick with ashlar dressings;
slate roof with ashlar stack. Single storey; 3-window range.
Elizabethan style. Ashlar plinth and top cornice; coped gable;
quoins. 2-light double-chamfered-mullioned windows, but left
end canted bay window with pierced parapet and gable above;
all have decorative glazing; ashlar porch between 2-light
windows has shaped gable with escutcheon inscribed: ROYAL/
ORPHANAGE/ FOUNDED/ 1850, and entrance with sidelights and
paired half-glazed doors. Cross casements to return windows
with shouldered lintels; right return to street has coped
gable over canted bay; rear has gabled wing, C20 extension and
stack. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO9064797151

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571418

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)