The Former Bilston Girls High School, [Wolverhampton College] is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 2000. A C20 School. 1 related planning application.
The Former Bilston Girls High School, [Wolverhampton College]
- WRENN ID
- slow-attic-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 2000
- Type
- School
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Bilston Girls High School, now part of Wolverhampton College, was built between 1929 and 1930 and designed by Colonel G. C. Lowbridge, the architect for the Staffordshire Education Committee. This school is constructed of red brick with painted stone dressings and features clay plain tile hipped roofs. The building includes brick axial and end stacks with stone cornices.
The school is designed in a Neo-Georgian style and consists of two storeys. The symmetrical southeast front has a layout of 3:9:5:9:3 bays, with the end and central bays projecting. The central five-bay section is further advanced by a three-bay pedimented centerpiece adorned with a modillion cornice. The projecting bays are accented with giant Composite pilasters. The pediment at the center features a coat of arms, while the doorway below is framed by a moulded architrave with a scrolled open pediment, leading to panelled double doors and an overlight. A stringcourse runs at first-floor level, and there are tall 15-pane sash windows in exposed cases. The left elevation has a 3:5:3 bay arrangement, with similar giant pilasters on the end bays, while the right elevation consists of only eight bays. At the rear, lower single-storey ranges enclose two courts separated by a large hall, which is illuminated by big round-headed windows with glazing bars. Surrounding the courts are glazed cloisters, and a detached art room with a tall lateral chimney stack is located behind the school.
Inside, the entrance vestibule features pilasters and square piers that support a coffered ceiling. The hall is characterized by broad pilasters, a moulded cornice, and a segmental vaulted plaster ceiling. The gallery has been partitioned from the auditorium, and the library is situated above the entrance in the front range.
This building is noted as a particularly impressive example of a local authority high school from the inter-war period, representing the forefront of state secondary education for girls at that time.
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