University Of Hull Esk Building And Nidd Building

The entry for:

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA03SE COTTINGHAM ROAD 680-1/4/104 (North side) Humberside University Wilberforce Hall and Milner Hall

GV II

Shall be replaced by:

TA03SE COTTINGHAM ROAD 680-1 (North side) University of Hull GV Esk Building and Nidd Building

21-1-94 II

Formerly known as: College of Education COTTINGHAM ROAD. University halls of residence and offices, and attached wall. 1909-1913. By Crouch, Butler & Savage. Brick and ashlar, with ashlar dressings and slate hipped and mansard roofs with 6 panelled coped stacks. Central block with flanking wings and projecting end pavilions. Main block has a hipped centre, 4 storeys, with 3-storey parapeted side bays. 3-window range. Quoins, third floor sill band, swept parapets. In the centre, a tall 4-light cross mullioned window. Side bays have a tall stone surround with keystone and a 16-pane sash on each floor. Above again, a checkerboard panel and a Diocletian window with keystone. On the ground floor, a plain stone doorway with pilasters, flanked by small single-light windows and beyond, canted stone bay windows with cross casements and topped with latticework balconies. Continuous lintel band. Above the door, a swan neck pediment embracing a 3-light mullioned window with open pediment and double keystone. Flanking wings, 2 storeys plus attics, have five 12-pane sashes to first floor and attic dormers, and 16-pane sashes below with round-arched recesses and double keystones. Parapeted end pavilions have a single sash on the ground and first floors and above again, a square latticed window with moulded surround. Left return has a projecting central bay flanked by polychrome pilasters with cornices, and stepped parapet. On the first floor, a French window with overlight, and above, a similar French window with fanlight and wrought-iron balcony. On either side, square latticed windows. Below, a full-width projection with balustraded balcony and central porch with 2 Tuscan columns in antis, flanked by canted bay windows with cross casements. Central glazed double doors with overlight. Milner Hall, at the rear, has an identical facade. The ranges are linked towards the south end by a single-storey corridor, 7 windows, with lattice balustrade. Central glazed double door with overlight, flanked by 3 windows, all with double keystones and set in round-arched recesses. 3-storey returns have 5 windows on each floor and projecting single end bays with first floor fire escapes. Linking the end bays, a low latticework brick wall with stone coping and central steps flanked by curved walls. Steps have matching balustrades and square pedestals with ball finials. (Buildings of England: Pevsner T: Yorkshire: York & the East Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 284).

Listing NGR: TA0745531624