Description

QUINTON

SP1847 LOWER QUINTON
1912-1/14/159 The College Arms Public House
06/02/52 including attached stable block

GV II

Public house. C17 with C18 and C19 additions. Brick laid to
Flemish stretcher bond; tile roof with brick cross-axial
stacks. Cross wing of coursed squared ironstone with steeply
pitched stone slate roof laid in diminishing courses with
coped gable and stone lateral stack with offsets.
PLAN: 4-unit plan with cross wing.
EXTERIOR: single storey plus attic; 5-window range;
2-storey-plus-attic wing. Top modillioned cornice; addition to
left has exposed wall plate and further addition with hipped
outshut to return; plat band to right end. Entrance to right
of centre has porch with C20 paired doors and flanking benches
and canted bay windows with 1:3:1-light transomed casements,
all under hipped tile canopy; square window to right has
small-paned glazing; 2 windows to left end with C20 casements
and one small 1st floor window. 3 gabled dormers with 2-light
small-paned casements.
Wing has coped end gable with damaged fleuron; window to
ground floor has keyed flat arch over 4-light casement;
similar 3-light casement to 1st floor and 2-light casement to
attic, all with leaded glazing. Left return has entrance to
right end with C20 gabled porch and plank door. Ground floor
has 2-light recessed hollow-chamfered mullioned window with
labelmould and similar 3-light C20 window; 1st floor has
similar 2-light and 4-light windows; all with leaded glazing;
blocked opening with timber lintel obscured by C18 wing.
Right return has external lateral stack; 3-light window to
ground floor right of stack and two 2-light windows to 1st
floor, one blocked. Rear has varied alterations; 2-light
window to 1st floor.
Attached C19 stable block has slate roof, segmental-headed
stable door flanked by similar windows to house, now
shuttered; large segmental-headed window to right with
small-paned glazing; gabled loading door to left, and 1991
louvred lantern to right.
INTERIOR: C20 alterations; chamfered beams and fireplace with
bressumer to wing; similar stone fireplace to rear room, which
has some re-used C17 panelling.
Named after Magdalen college, Oxford, which owns land in the
parish.
(Shell Guides: Hickman D: Warwickshire: London: 1979-: 141-2).

Listing NGR: SP1827547156

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662694

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6