Description

ST 68 SE WESTERLEIGH C.P. HENFIELD ROAD, Coalpit Heath
(north side)
1/345
Manor Hall
-
II

School, now hall. Dated 1868 on front, erected by Sir John Henry Greville Smith
and Charles Edward Athole Colston, Lords of The Manor; some C20 alterations.
Snecked rubble, limestone dressings, banded blue and grey slate roofs with
crestings, some asbestos slates to south. Asymmetrical Gothic style. 2 storeys,
south front has gable broken forward to left with 3-light pointed arched window
with quatrefoils, bellcote to right with engaged half-shafts to front, hipped roof
and pineapple finial; small central gable has 6-light chamfered mullion and
transom window, circular pierced stone window with relieving arch above, to left,
two and to right, one 3-light window with shouldered head, similar single light to
right and small gabled porch with barge boards and finial; to right, a narrow
gabled wing with single light at ground and first floor, canted bay to far right,
with 6-pane window at front, 3-pane to each side, first floor of bay has 4-pane
central window, 2-pane to each side, hipped roof. Right return has stack rising
from eaves to left with limestone quoins, 2-light casement at ground floor right,
small gable above with C20 window and stone quatrefoil; louvred cupolas on roof
ridges. Rear has from left, single storey rear wing with 2 single lights, one
C20 replacing former door; gable with 2 round-headed single lights; small
gabled block with door, single light with relieving arch and single light above;
central rear of main hall with two 3-light windows with shouldered heads as on
front; 3 gable endsof wings to right, each with large 3-light window, with
pointed arch to right as on front, 2 to left with shouldered heads and glazed
upper section in pointed arch, relieving arch. Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST6745180613

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510413

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