Description

SK 77 SW EAST MARKHAM ASKHAM ROAD
(east side)

5/14 East Markham
County Primary
School

II

School. Dated 1877. Robert Clarke & So..ott. Red brick with
ashlar dressings. Slate roof. Ashlar coped gables with small
decorative ridge finials. 2 small ridge ventilators. Moulded
eaves band. Set on a plinth. Single storey, 8 bays, divided by
single buttresses. The outer single bays are narrower. The
third bay in on each side is gabled. 2 central tall casements
each with single mullion and 2 transoms. Either side in the
gabled bays are single tall pointed arched casements each with 2
arched and cusped lights with 2 transoms and surmounted by a
single quatrefoil. To the left and right are single tall
casements each with single mullion and 2 transoms. In the outer
single bays are single tall casements each with 2 transoms. To
the left and right are single lean-tos with ashlar coping each
with single pointed arched and cusped light with single transom.
In the left lean-to, to the right of the window, is a bell. The
side wall of the right lean-to has a doorway with Caernarvon
arch and wooden door and a single ashlar cross casement to the
left. To the right is a single storey 2 bay C20 extension with 2
casements. The left lean-to corresponds, however the extension
is single bay and has a single casement. In each gable is a
single rose window. Beneath the right gabled bay is a plaque
inscribed "This stone of ..... schools was laid by G. W. Brameld
M.A. Chairman of the board on Thursday the 15 day of February
A.D. 1877. Robert Clarke & So..ott = Architects. Theophilus
Wilson East Markham Contractor."

Listing NGR: SK7397073462

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26557585

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)