Description

SJ 75 SW CREWE RUSKIN ROAD
(West side)
153/5/10015
Caretaker's House
01.10.1999 At the Ruskin School

GV II

Alternatively know as: Caretaker's House at Ruskin Road School, ROOK STREET.
Caretaker's house and attached outbuilding. 1909, by H Beswick, County Architect. Red brick with paler brick bands and terra cotta dressings, and Westmorland slate roof. Gables have roughcast panels. 2 storeys; 3 x 1 bays. Windows are mainly original glazing bar sashes, with keystones. Front has a central projecting gable with a part-glazing door to left under a round arch with keystone and blank fanlight. Above, central round arched window. To right, a single sash. Left return has 2 sashes on each floor. Rear has a central sash, and above, another sash in a through-eaves dormer. To right, a projecting stack. To left, a single sash and a side wall stack. Attached outbuildings include toilets and stores with a hipped ventilator and lean-to- roofs, enclosed by a wall with terra cotta coping.
INTERIOR: Plain, with 2 rooms combined, original staircase with turned balusters, and several original 5-panel doors.

Listing NGR: SJ7011454923

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561860

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)