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Latitude: 51.4079 / 51°24'28"N
Longitude: 0.0118 / 0°0'42"E
OS Eastings: 540022
OS Northings: 169574
OS Grid: TQ400695
Mapcode National: GBR M1.1N2
Mapcode Global: VHHNX.5W32
Plus Code: 9F32C256+5P
Entry Name: Bromley College
Listing Date: 10 January 1955
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1359324
English Heritage Legacy ID: 358473
Also known as: Bromley and Sheppard's Colleges
Bromley & Sheppard's Colleges
ID on this website: 101359324
Location: Bromley, London, BR1
County: London
District: Bromley
Electoral Ward/Division: Bromley Town
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bromley
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Bromley St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Retirement home Architectural structure
1. HIGH STREET, BROMLEY
4407 (North East Side)
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Bromley College
TQ 46 NW 5/39 10.1.55
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A tablet on the building records that:- "This College for twenty Poore
Widowes (of orthodoxe and loyall clergymen) and a Chaplain was given by
John Warner Late Lord Bishop of Rochester 1666". The building consists of
2 courtyards of red brick. The west courtyard dates from 1670 onwards.
Its main front faces west. It consists of a central portion and 2 advanced
wings forming the Chaplain's and the Treasurer's houses. 2 storeys, semi-
basement and attaic. The centre has 12 windows and 12 gabled dormers, the
wings 2 windows and 1 dormer each. Brick stringcourse. Wooden modillion
eaves cornice. Tiled roof. Buttresses support the front between the windows.
Casement windows with wooden mullions and transomes. Wide central gateway up
5 steps with iron handrail. Rusticated round-headed stone archway with
engaged Doric columns, curved pediment and cartouche of the arms of John
Warner, Bishop of Rochester. The south front of this courtyard has 16
windows and 10 dormers. The inner face of this side of the courtyard and
of the north side opposite have doorways in moulded architrave surrounds
with heavy pediment shaped hoods over, and on each side of these a round
window with a round-headed window over it. In the centre of the east
front of the courtyard is the Chapel which projects into the east courtyard.
This was contemporary with the foundation but was rebuilt by Waring and
Blake in Decorated style in 1863. The east courtyard is a replica of the
west one but without the buttresses. It was built in 1794-1805 with money
left by William Pearce, brother of Dr Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester,
and by Mrs Bettinson in 1782 and 1788 respectively to provide 20 more houses
for the same purpose.
Listing NGR: TQ4002269574
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