Claremont House is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1991. House.

Claremont House

WRENN ID
tired-storey-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wolverhampton
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1991
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO99NW PENN ROAD 895-1/5/368 (East side) 08/08/91 No.131 Claremont House

II

House. c1845 for Joseph Foster, solicitor; extended c1905 for J W Sankey, industrialist. Flemish bond brick with hipped Welsh slate roofs and brick stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range to classical-style garden front. Moulded string course, first-floor sill band and deep band beneath projecting eaves. Doorway and window above set in tripartite architraves with pilasters, paterae and cornices; similar architraves to outer tripartite windows. Plainer side and rear elevations with bold Edwardian doorcase to extension. INTERIOR noted as having panelled doors and marble chimneypieces, including one with fine decorative tile surrounds depicting landscapes to ground-floor reception room; fine Jacobean-style panelled room to ground floor of south (c1905) extension including classical-style chimneypiece with De Morgan tile surrounds.

Listing NGR: SO9082697378

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