Description

SJ 55 NE SPURSTOW C P SPURSTOW

2/70 Spurstow Primary School

II

Former Crewe Estate school, 1872 (on stone tablet) in Gothic Revival
style.Red brick with tiled roof. Single and two storeys "E" shaped
plan. Projecting blue brick plinth. Framed, ledged and braced door in
stone dressed opening which has Tudor arch with keystone. Door is
surmounted by small trefoil headed lights in stone frames and a clock
framed in stone and blue bricks and with a drip mould. Octagbnal
tower, above door, off square base cornice has stone broaches, louvred
quatrefoil openings, wide bracketted eaves and steep pagoda roof of
shaped slates. Tall, 2-light, stone dressed windows with flat cusped
ogee heads and blue brick relieving arches above. There is diaper
work in blue bricks between windows. The east front has gabled
projecting porch with trefoil headed lights and carved fleur-de-lis
panels to sides. The porch is flanked by twice reducing chimney
stacks, small stone dressed ogee headed windows and tablets with Crewe
Estate emblems. The porch is surmounted by small stone dressed window
in a half dormer. Entrances and dormer have barge boards carved with
gothic motifs. Roof has alternate bands of red and blue tiles and
triangular mid slope vents.
Interior: 4-panel doors with herringbone infilling.

Listing NGR: SJ5738956089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429552

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5