Description

SK 30/3127
SK 30/3126
6/90

PARISH OF REPTON
WILLINGTON ROAD
(North Side)
Pears School, Repton School

GV
II

Memorial hall and classrooms. 1883-6 by Sir Arthur Blomfield.
Tudor Style. Coursed squared sandstone and ashlar, plain tile
roof, moulded coped gables with plain kneelers. Battlemented
parapets. Two storeys. North elevation of five bays divided by
buttresses with three set-offs. Chamfered first floor band and
first floor sill band and band at the base of the parapet. The
ground floor has to the centre three bays mullioned and
transomed windows of 2-1-2 lights, with arched lights. The
right hand bay has two similar cross windows, with segmental
relieving arches above. The left hand bay has a blind segmental
arch with doorway set in, and a segmental pointed window. The
first floor has two cross windows in bays one and three, taller
paired 2-light windows with two transoms, under gables, in bays
two and four and a 3-light transomed window in bay five. The
west elevation has a flight of balustraded steps up to first
floor entrances, added in the 1920s. Three doorways and a
prominent canted oriel above, moulded underside, 2-3-2 light
mullion windows, flanked by single light transomed windows.
Segmental arched 3-light window in the gable. Gabled hoodmould
across the whole facade, flanked by polygonal castellated angle
turrets with diagonal buttresses. South elevation of five bays
divided by buttresses. The right hand bay has a square
projection with two 4-light windows, the lower one transomed.
Open gothic arcade to left of 1-2-1 with double chamfered
arches. Classrooms within have 3-light mullioned windows. The
four bays above match the north elevation. Castellated
polygonal south east turret. The interior consists of
classrooms to the ground floor and a large assembly hall above
with impressive hammer beam roof of five bays with intermediate
scissor braced trusses and two tiers of purlins with arched
braces. Armorial and figurative stained glass.

Listing NGR: SK3036927159

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388786

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