(Former) Park Street Centre of Hull College is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Orphanage, college. 4 related planning applications.
(Former) Park Street Centre of Hull College
- WRENN ID
- tall-pinnacle-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham MP: Dame Diana Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1973
- Type
- Orphanage, college
- Address
- (Former) Park Street Centre of Hull College, Hull College of Further Education Park Street Annexe, HU2 8RR
- OS grid reference
- TA 087 290
- Coordinates
- 53.74634, -0.35257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building, originally a house dating from circa 1858, began its life as Thanet House and was used as a private school. From 1867, it served as an orphanage for the Port of Hull Society's Sailors' Orphans Institution. Central and right-hand blocks were added in 1868-69 by William Botterill, with later alterations and additions in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
The building is constructed of yellow brick with ashlar dressings and has hipped slate roofs with two ridge stacks. The façade features a plinth, sill bands, and a modillion cornice. It is three storeys high and has a 13-window range. The windows are plain sashes. A projecting centre block, three windows wide, contains a pediment surmounted by a sculptural group by William Day Kegworth Junior. The sculpture depicts Charity with orphaned children, maritime emblems, and the arms of Sir Titus Salt, the primary benefactor. The first-floor central window is tripartite, with composite pilasters and a segmental pediment, while the flanking windows have triangular pediments. Above, a similar fenestration of smaller windows is present, with moulded surrounds. A portico with a balustrade and paired Doric columns shelters a panelled door with an overlight and sidelights. The flanking ranges have slightly projecting centres with pediments. Each floor features five windows, all with slightly cambered panelled lintels and keystones. The right return elevation, facing Londesborough Street, has five windows on the lower floors and seven on the second floor. A two-storey, three-window range addition is set to the right, with a hipped roof.
The original five-bay block, with the three-bay pedimented front, was constructed by 1858. In 1897, the Port of Hull Society sold the orphanage, which subsequently opened as Hull Municipal Technical School in 1898, following alterations and additions by Botterill, Son & Bilson (John Bilson).
Local climate
(Former) Park Street Centre of Hull College receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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