Description

GRIMSBY

TA2608NW PELHAM ROAD
699-1/25/51 (South side)
Fairlawn (St James' Choir School)

GV II

House, now school. 1885, for EM Marshall, with later C19
additions. Red brick with slate roof. L-shaped on plan, with
main east garden front facing Bargate, and north entrance
front facing Pelham Road.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; east front of 2 bays, symmetrical. Pair
of full-height square bay windows, each with tripartite
ground-floor French windows flanked by narrow side lights in
Ionic pilastered surround. String course, diaper-work panel at
first-floor level with dentilled sill string course above.
Pairs of sashes to first floor, with arched glazing bars,
beneath flat arches with fluted keystones carrying relief
panels. Dentilled pediments with diaper-work tympana and
taller projecting central sections with angle pilasters,
relief panels with Marshall cypher, and segmental pediments
with urn finials. Crested ridge tiles, ornate end stacks.
Later plainer addition to left with sashes.
North front has steps to projecting single-storey porch with
angle pilasters, keyed round-arched entrance with double board
doors, moulded cornice and triangular pediment of
ornately-moulded brick. To the left is a gabled section with a
projecting external chimneystack bearing a segmental
pedimented moulded brick date plaque, a second relief panel
above, panelled chimneyshaft, string courses and a pedimented
gable with diaper-work tympanum.
INTERIOR: has ornate wooden staircase, moulded plasterwork to
main rooms.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J, and Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 339-340; Grimsby - Action for
Conservation: Grimsby Borough Planning Department: List of
buildings of local architectural or historical interest:
Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-: NO.117; Grimsby Planning
Department: Wellow Conservation Area: Grimsby Borough Council:
1972-: NO.117).

Listing NGR: TA2638408934

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660086

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