College Of Adult Education

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO9198SE OLD HALL STREET 895-1/14/277 (North side) College of Adult Education

GV II

Teacher training college, now college of adult education. 1899. By T.H.Fleeming and Son. Brick with slate roof, some ashlar dressings. 2 storeys with attic; symmetrical 9-window range with 3 windows to cross-wing at each end and 2-window caretaker's house recessed to right. Coped gables with kneelers. Windows have simply-moulded frames and moulded brick sills to 12-pane sashes with small-paned upper glazing; ground floor has round-headed windows with paired sashes; 1st floor has elliptical-headed windows to cross-wings; central flat-roofed dormer with small pediment and small-paned casement flanked by 2 slightly tapering stacks. Caretaker's house has hipped roof; 2-storey bow window with cornice to right of segmental-headed entrance with ashlar architrave, overlight and sidelights and flat canopy, elliptical-headed window above has tympanum and sash; flat-roofed half-dormer has small semi-circular pediment and small-paned casement. Left return has similar entrance. Rear has large hall wing to left. A good, well-proportioned example. (W.H.Fleeming and Son: Plan of Pupil Teachers' Centre: 1899-).

Listing NGR: SO9167098421