Description

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)

II

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492086

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)