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Latitude: 52.5721 / 52°34'19"N
Longitude: -2.1394 / 2°8'21"W
OS Eastings: 390647
OS Northings: 297151
OS Grid: SO906971
Mapcode National: GBR 19Q.TC
Mapcode Global: WHBFZ.3MH0
Plus Code: 9C4VHVC6+R6
Entry Name: Lodge of Royal Wolverhampton School
Listing Date: 3 February 1977
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1282483
English Heritage Legacy ID: 378522
ID on this website: 101282483
Location: Goldthorn Hill, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV3
County: City of Wolverhampton
Electoral Ward/Division: Graiseley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Wolverhampton
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Church of England Parish: Central Wolverhampton
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Gatehouse
WOLVERHAMPTON
SO99NW PENN ROAD
895-1/5/35 (East side)
03/02/77 Lodge of Royal Wolverhampton School
GV II
Also known as: No.163 PENN ROAD Blakenhall.
Lodge. 1863. By Joseph Manning. Brick with ashlar dressings;
slate roof with ashlar stack. Single storey; 3-window range.
Elizabethan style. Ashlar plinth and top cornice; coped gable;
quoins. 2-light double-chamfered-mullioned windows, but left
end canted bay window with pierced parapet and gable above;
all have decorative glazing; ashlar porch between 2-light
windows has shaped gable with escutcheon inscribed: ROYAL/
ORPHANAGE/ FOUNDED/ 1850, and entrance with sidelights and
paired half-glazed doors. Cross casements to return windows
with shouldered lintels; right return to street has coped
gable over canted bay; rear has gabled wing, C20 extension and
stack. INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing NGR: SO9064797151
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