Description

The entry for:-
KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA03SE COTTINGHAM ROAD
680-1/4/102 (North side)
Humberside University Library

GV II

Shall be replaced by:-

TA03SE COTTINGHAM ROAD
680-1/4/102 (North side)
University of Hull
21-1-94 Derwent Building

GV II

Formerly known as: College of Education COTTINGHAM ROAD.
University Library. 1909-1913, with mid C20 additions. By
Crouch, Butler & Savage. Brick and ashlar with with ashlar
dressings and hipped slate roofs with 4 ridge stacks. 2
storeys. Central block, 2 windows, with flanking wings, 5
windows.
Slightly projecting centre has quoins, dentillated cornice and
pediment, balustrade and square clock turret with weather
vane. Central round-arched cross mullioned window with double
keystone and flanking pilasters. On either side, a smaller
flat-headed cross mullioned window. Below, central recessed
porch with 2 Doric columns in antis, flanked by canted bay
windows with 3-light cross casements and topped with
latticework balconies.
Side wings have quoins and panelled parapets. Five 20-pane
sashes, and below, five 24-pane sashes in round-arched
recesses. All these windows have double keystones.
Right return has a projecting end bay with arched parapet and
a round-arched recess with a 15-pane sash and elongated
keystone. Below, a round-arched window. To its left, a coped
screen wall with round-arched doorway with keystone and square
banded gatepier. To right, 9-window range with 3 central
through-eaves dormers with 20-pane sashes and segmental
pediments. Simpler left return has projecting end bay and 7
first-floor windows, with a larger segment-headed cross
casement to the right.
INTERIOR has a central 2-storey hall with wood panelled walls
below sill band, and 5-bay segmental vault with flat ceiled
end bays and enriched ribs. Tympana contain heavily enriched
oval ventilators. Dentillated cornice and frieze. At each end,
a projecting central bay with double doorway and fanlight, and
above, a glazing bar window flanked by panelled pilasters with
volutes. South side has 7 round-arched openings with
fanlights, and above, 7 glazing bar windows separated by
pilasters. North side has a central doorway and above, 5
round-arched glazing bar windows flanked by similar
flat-headed windows. Fitted wooden bookcases with cornices.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: York & the East
Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 284).

Listing NGR: TA0751131650

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492052

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)