Description

YORK

SE6051SE FISHERGATE
1112-1/22/328 (East side)
Fishergate County Primary School

II

Primary school. 1893-95. By WH Brierley. For the York School
Board.
MATERIALS: orange-brown brick in English bond on chamfered
brick plinth; windows in quoined surrounds of orange brick
with orange brick arches; with dressings of orange and moulded
brick. Slate roofs, hipped at front, surmounted by square
louvred cupolas with lead sprocketed roofs and tapering
finials; tall brick stack to hall range. Ornate cast-iron tie
rod ends.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey 9-window centre range between 3-window
crosswings: crosswings are quoined on ground floor and break
forward. First floor articulated by thin pilasters on high
pedestals the coping of which forms a moulded sillstring
beneath first floor windows: pilasters support frieze and
cornice of moulded brick. Main doors are of raised shaped
panels and are deeply recessed beneath round arch with lion
keyblock on rusticated Ionic responds enriched with swags;
dentilled pediment is broken by segment-headed date panel
containing the Royal Arms and dated 1894. Doorcase flanked by
narrow unequal 10-pane sash windows with keyed segmental
arches. All other windows are 18-pane sashes with cambered
heads and flat arches of rubbed brick. All are framed in
orange brick quoins; those on ground floor have moulded
sillstring.
Behind front range rises taller 6-bay hall range with dormer
windows with triangular or segmental pediments. Returns have
shaped gables with tall multi-light windows in segment-arched
heads.
Rear: 2 storeys, 16 bays, first floor articulated as the front
without crosswings. Ground floor has 1-storey extruded block:
otherwise openings are mostly flat or segmental arches
screened with small pane glazing.
Left return: 11 unequal bays with irregular ground floor
fenestration. At left end is altered segment-arched recess
blocked with 4-pane casement windows. Centre bays have four
windows of paired narrow 12-pane sashes and bay further right
has standard 12-pane sash. First floor windows are 12-pane
sashes with moulded sillstring. All windows have flat brick
arches.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE6076551030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549162

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