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Listing:
Goldthorn Terrace comprises a terrace of 14 three storey houses set well
back from the Penn Road constructed in c1850‑60. This terrace is unusual
within Wolverhampton and original and interesting architectural detail
of the front elevation survives well. It is an important element within
the Penn Road (Graiseley) Conservation Area and within the setting of
the important complex of listed buildings at The Royal Wolverhampton
School
Comment: What is unusual about this terrace
in Wolverhampton is that it provided middling size houses over three
floors and it is very long. The norm was either large houses in
short terraces or working class terraces on two floors. In 1983
the building was rescued and converted mainly
into ground floor flats and two floor maisonettes. It still looks
very good - but needs careful inspection to reveal that some of the
details are only painted on.
The original houses had very long and thin
gardens reaching right down to the Penn Road. During the
refurb these were cut off and converted into an open space, now
well covered with trees. Many Wulfrunians will tell you
that this space was never built upon because it was a plague
pit. And why, otherwise, would "they" not allow it to be
built on? The records actually show where the plague
burials took place and this area is not one of them - unless, of
course, "they" have doctored the records.
We must thank
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