University of Hull Derwent Building
UNIVERSITY OF HULL DERWENT BUILDING, COTTINGHAM ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197597
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- University of Hull Derwent Building
- Statutory Address:
- UNIVERSITY OF HULL DERWENT BUILDING, COTTINGHAM ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-05-13
- Reference:
- IOE01/03939/12
- Rights:
- © Mr John Turner. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197597
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 02-Sept-2005
- List Entry Name:
- University of Hull Derwent Building
- Statutory Address 1:
- UNIVERSITY OF HULL DERWENT BUILDING, COTTINGHAM ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- UNIVERSITY OF HULL DERWENT BUILDING, COTTINGHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 07511 31650
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387517
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire - York and the East Riding, (1972), 284
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 07-Jun-2026 at 06:01:01.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.