Ann Watson College And Adjoining Boundary Wall And Railings

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)

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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