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Hipperholme Grammar School

A Grade II Listed Building in Brighouse, Calderdale

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7285 / 53°43'42"N

Longitude: -1.8132 / 1°48'47"W

OS Eastings: 412422

OS Northings: 425804

OS Grid: SE124258

Mapcode National: GBR HTSB.75

Mapcode Global: WHC9N.3KV0

Plus Code: 9C5WP5HP+9P

Entry Name: Hipperholme Grammar School

Listing Date: 3 January 1967

Last Amended: 2 December 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1300472

English Heritage Legacy ID: 338777

ID on this website: 101300472

Location: Hipperholme, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3

County: Calderdale

Electoral Ward/Division: Hipperholme and Lightcliffe

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Brighouse

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Coley St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: Independent school

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Description


BRIGHOUSE BRAMLEY LANE
SE 12 NW Hipperholme
1/16 Hipperholme Grammar School
(formerly listed under
3. 1. 67 Hipperholme)

II

School. C1783 by Longbottom (a local architect). Hammer-dressed stone with
ashlar dressings, stone slate roof to central single storey block which is
symmetrical with central projecting gabled portion which has quoins, recess for
inscription tablet which records the founders in Latin with cornice on consoles,
clock face and gable surmounted by bell turret, added in 1835. To either side
are 3 bays of tall sash windows. Hipped roof with stone ridge tiles. Later
extensions to either side c.1906 are gabled of 2 storeys in Vernacular Revival
style with stepped lights with hoodmoulds and other double chamfered mullioned
windows, with coped gables with kneelers and finials. Endowed by Matthew
Broadley in 1648 and Samuel Sunderland in 1671 and rebuilt in 1783. In 1880 it
was reconstituted as a first-grade Public School when a large Boarding House for
the Headmaster with accommodation for pupils was built. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings
of Brighouse (Brighouse 1978), p.ll. N. Pevsner, Yorkshire West Riding, (London
1967), p.632.


Listing NGR: SE1242225804

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