Description

ENDERBY BLABY ROAD
SP 5399
9/4 Brockington Art and Design
Centre

GV II

Former school, now annex of Brockington College. 1860, by Millican and Smith.
Probably funded by Charles Brook of Enderby Hall. Granite rubble with limestone
quoins and window dressings. Steeply pitched slate roof; coped gables with
gablets to kneelers; pale brick chimneys with off-set caps. One storey irregular
5-bay front. Centre bay is gabled and projecting with cross finial on large
corbelled stone base, and large 4-light traceried window. Bay to left of centre
is also gabled and has central chimney and 2 2-light windows with plate tracery.
2 similar windows to right with smaller gables above. All tracery is cusped.
Projecting lobby to left with parallel roof, arched doorway in right end, and
C20 single lights and door to front. Right gable end of school has 3-light
window with plate tracery.
(N Pevsner and E Williamson, The Buildings of England, Leicestershire and
Rutland, 1984, p.151).

Listing NGR: SP5369899420

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26337179

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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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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)