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

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings