Description

SK 18 SE PARISH OF CASTLETON BACK STREET
7/20 (East Side)
School and attached walls
and railings
II

School. Dated 1863. Coursed squared rock-faced limestone with gritstone dressings.
Welsh slate roof with moulded stone coped gables with plain kneelers. Stone gable
end stacks. Quoins, chamfered plinth and chamfered eaves band. Single storey.
Symmetrical west elevation of six bays with central projecting feature like an
external stack, surmounted by a tall polygonal bell turret with pyramidal top.
Flanked on each side by two pairs of square section flush mullion windows with
pointed cusped lights. Between each pair of windows is a buttress with two set
offs, all linked by a moulded sill band, The outer bays have identical porches,
gabled, with moulded copings and kneelers. Doorways with chamfered surrounds and
four centred arches with dripmoulding above. Plank doors with decorative iron
hinges. The porches are marked 'Girls' and 'Boys'. Attached to the side and
wrapping round the front is a low wall with chamfered copings, surmounted by iron
railings.

Listing NGR: SK1507582974

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380258

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)