Lodge Of Royal Wolverhampton School

The Lodge of Royal Wolverhampton School, also known as No. 163 Penn Road, is a building constructed in 1863 by Joseph Manning. It is located on the east side of Penn Road in Wolverhampton. The lodge is built of brick with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof with an ashlar stack. It is a single-storey structure with a three-window range, designed in the Elizabethan style.

The building has an ashlar plinth and a top cornice, with a coped gable and quoins. The windows are two-light double-chamfered-mullioned, except for the left end, which has a canted bay window with a pierced parapet and a gable above. All windows have decorative glazing. Between the two-light windows is an ashlar porch that has a shaped gable, inscribed with an escutcheon that reads: "ROYAL/ ORPHANAGE/ FOUNDED/ 1850." The entrance features sidelights and paired half-glazed doors. The return windows have cross casements with shouldered lintels, and the right return to the street includes a coped gable over the canted bay. The rear of the lodge has a gabled wing, a 20th-century extension, and a stack. The interior has not been inspected.