Description

SK 04 SE DENSTONE C.P. COLLEGE ROAD (OFF)

4/23 Denstone College
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GV II

School. 1868-1873. By Slater and Carpenter. Coursed and
squared rough faced stone with ashlar quoins and dresings; clay
tile roof with coped verges on kneelers and crested ridge tiles;
ashlar lateral external and off-ridge stacks. H-plan including chapel
wing (q.v.) to east and Hall wing (q.v.) to north, central range
aligned NW-SE and wings aligned NE-SW with additional service wing to
NW aligned NW-SE; late C13 Gothic style. Projecting chapel wing
(q.v.) to left and projecting Hall wing (q.v.) to right; central
range of 2 storeys with lower flanking links of 2 storeys and attic;
3:5:3 bays Central range: Central gabled porch with angle buttresses,
central pointed doorway with 2-leaf iron studded door and statuette
of founder above; 4 pairs of lancets to each side of door on ground
floor linked by a common hood mould, 5 pointed first floor windows,
all transomed and of 2 lights with cusped circle over; the heads
within coped gables; 2 circular ventilation loops to each side of
porch immediately above the level of the ground floor windows; string
course just below sill level of first floor windows; moulded eaves
cornice incorporating stone rainwater heads. Left hand link: Ground
and first floor windows are paired lancets with plate traceried
quatrefoils above except ground floor left which is placed within
an imitation former doorway and is of 3 lights divided by colonettes,
gabled attic dormers of 2 lights with central chamfered mullion and
plate traceried quatrefoil to gable. Right hand link: 3 ground
floor 2-light chamfer mullioned windows with segmental relieving
arches, staircase windows to first floor stepped down from left hand
side, all of 2 lights with quatrefoil above, heads level but sills
progressively lower to right hand, string just below sill level stepped
down as the windows, attic windows match those of the left hand link.
SW Elevation: Central 2 storey range of 5 bays with lower 2 storey
single bay flanking links to square corner towers of 4 stages marked
by strings, with pyramidal roofs incorporating small gable to each side,
a single storey range extends across the front of this arrangement,
the whole is flanked by long forward projecting wings; central gabled
doorway with segmental pointed head, iron studded door and 3 lancets
to gable above; ground floor has 8 pairs of lancets to each side of
door, both end bays project, the 5 central first floor pointed windows
are transomed and of 2-lights with cusped circle over, the heads within
coped gables, triple lancet windows to first floor of each flanking
link, the lights separated by colonettes; each tower has 2 pointed
lights with cusped circle over to second stage, 2 elongated lancets
with cusped circle over to third stage, corbelled fourth stage with
blind arcading springing from corbels; end elevations of flanking
wings have 3 storeys and attic; 1:4:1 bays; projecting outer turrets
with pyramidal roofs. Right hand wing: The 4 outer windows of the
first 3 storeys are paired lancets with central colonette, the 2 inner
windows to the first and second floors are single lancets flanked by
colonettes, the inner windows are at different levels to the outer ones,
4 gabled dormers, the 2 inner ones of 3 lights all with Caernarvon arches
and blind pointed arch over, the 2 outer ones of 4 lights with blind
trefoiled arch over; C20 flat roofed extension to ground floor centre.
Left hand wing: Fenestration as right hand wing except 4-light windows
to ground floor of right hand turret and to first floor or left hand
turret; ground floor of recessed centre has, from the left: small
Caernarvon arch window, pointed door, small Caernarvon arch window,
paired lancet. A typical high Victorian product built for the Rev.
Nathaniel Woodard who founded schools at Hurstpierpoint in 1851, Lancing
in 1854, Bloxham in 1860 and Ardingley in 1870. B.O.E. PP 114-115.

Listing NGR: SK0894540308

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Denstone College at Wikipedia
• Denstone College official website
• Wikidata Q5259353

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)