Description

PRESTON

SD53SW BLACKPOOL ROAD, Ashton On Ribble
941-1/1/310 (South side)
St Andrew's School (1842 and 1869
ranges only)

GV II

School. 1842, enlarged 1869. Coursed squared sandstone, slate
roof. Original building rectangular, on north-south axis;
addition at right-angles across south end (and later
flat-roofed addition in angle), with further range continued
to south. Romanesque style. Single storey; the east front of
the original range has a round-headed doorway at the north
end, framed by a pilaster and clasping corner pilaster (and
the south end probably formerly had a matching entrance bay,
but is now covered by the addition in the angle); and a
central range of 3 round-headed windows with linked
hoodmoulds. The north gable wall has a central pilaster and
corner pilasters, 2 similar windows with run-out hoodmoulds,
and the date "MDCCCILII" in raised Gothic script in the gable
above. Rear rendered. The gable of the crosswing has large
rectangular windows, and the range continued southwards from
this has pilasters and 4 round-headed windows. Various
additions to west and south, not of special interest. Included
for group value.

Listing NGR: SD5154430552

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504053

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)