Ann Watson College and Adjoining Boundary Wall and Railings

ANN WATSON COLLEGE AND ADJOINING BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS, COLLEGE STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1197633
Date first listed:
12-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:
Ann Watson College and Adjoining Boundary Wall and Railings
Statutory Address:
ANN WATSON COLLEGE AND ADJOINING BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS, COLLEGE STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1197633
Date first listed:
12-Nov-1973
Date of most recent amendment:
21-Jan-1994
List Entry Name:
Ann Watson College and Adjoining Boundary Wall and Railings
Statutory Address 1:
ANN WATSON COLLEGE AND ADJOINING BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS, COLLEGE STREET

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
ANN WATSON COLLEGE AND ADJOINING BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS, COLLEGE STREET

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 11833 32833

Details

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA1132NE COLLEGE STREET, Sutton 680-1/12/454 (South West side) 12/11/73 Ann Watson College and adjoining boundary wall and railings (Formerly Listed as: KINGSTON UPON THAMES COLLEGE STREET, Sutton Ann Watson College)

II

Almshouses and adjoining boundary wall and railings. c1800 and c1850. Yellow brick with ashlar dressings and hipped and gabled slate roofs with 7 ridge, 2 gable and single side wall stacks. 2 storeys; 18-window range. L-plan with rounded corner. Main range, to right, has a central block with projecting centre and end bays and slightly recessed flanking wings. Recessed bays have first-floor band and outer bays have a blank panel between floors. First-floor windows are mainly 12-pane sashes with lintels, the central window with shouldered surround, cornice and apron. Third window from left is a 2-light casement. Ground floor has similar fenestration with 12-pane sashes, the central and end windows with cornices. 2-storey wings have each a single 12-pane sash on each floor. Rounded corner, to left, has plinth and brick first-floor band. 4 plain sashes, those to left slightly shorter. Below, central 4-panel door with round-arched opening, keystone and fanlight. On either side, a 9-pane sash. Addition, to left again, has similar details. 5 plain sashes and below, to left, 4 similar sashes. To right, ashlar doorcase with pilasters and cornice, and round-headed 4-panel door with keystone. Above the door, a plaque inscribed "College for widows and daughters of clergymen founded by Mrs Ann Watson 1720". Outside, a brick boundary wall with ramped ashlar coping and renewed railings with 2 gates.

Listing NGR: TA1183332833

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Legacy System number:
387501
Legacy System:
LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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