Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SJ8899 COLLEGE ROAD, Tettenhall
895-1/10/123 (South side)
29/07/50 The Old House
(Formerly Listed as:
Headmaster's House, Tettenhall
College)

II*

House. c1725. Brick with ashlar dressings; tile roof with
brick stacks. Double-depth plan with central stair. Early
Georgian style. Garden front to left return of 2 storeys;
symmetrical 3-window range with 2-storey canted porch and
single-storey gabled wing to right. Top modillioned cornice
and stone-coped brick parapet. Ground floor has Venetian
windows with triple keystones over sashed windows with margin
lights; 1st floor has windows with eared architraves on sill
blocks and sashed windows with margin lights. Porch has round
arches with triple keystones on plastered piers; round-headed
entrance with fanlight over paired glazed doors; platt band
and 3 round-headed 1st floor windows with pilasters,
archivolts and triple keystones; sashes with glazing bars; end
stacks. Wing has coped gable and segmental-headed window with
tripartite sash with margin lights. Entrance front has Tuscan
porch to rear wing; 1st floor windows with C18 cross-casements
with pegged wooden frames; inserted garage door to end; rear
of single-storey wing has shaped gable.
INTERIOR: open-well stair with open string and 3
column-on-vase balusters to the tread, turned newels and
ramped handrail; some shuttered windows; rococo plaster
ceiling to drawing room; mid C18th cornices.

Listing NGR: SO8879599920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555362

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover