Description

SE 01 SE SLAITHWAITE ROAD
(Holt Head)
1/44
30th April 1912 Holt Head Sunday School

II

Former Sunday School, now disused. Dated 1840. Hammer dressed stone
with ashlar dressings and raised quoins to front. Stone slate roof with
gable copings and stone brackets to gutter. 3-bay pediment gabled front,
symmetrical with central door with pilastered surround and fanlight with
cambered head inscribed to memory of those who fell in the 1914-18 war.
Cornice over and tablet inscribed: HOLT HEAD
GENERAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL

The fanlight has painted words: ERECTED
1840
BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION
Round arched sash windows with marginal glazing, to both floors, with
raised key and impost blocks. The centre window, 1st floor, is higher.
Two return bays of two storeys with square headed windows with marginal
glazing. 5-bay single storey side elevations plus a further bay set
back at far end. Square headed windows as before. A good, unspoilt
example of a rural type which may originally have incorporated a chapel.

Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE0807812026

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479353

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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