St. Asaph V.P. School, St. Asaph (Llanelwy), Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2572 / 53°15'25"N

Longitude: -3.4404 / 3°26'25"W

OS Eastings: 304006

OS Northings: 374317

OS Grid: SJ040743

Mapcode National: GBR 4ZDS.Y3

Mapcode Global: WH76N.3DZB

Plus Code: 9C5R7H45+VR

Entry Name: St. Asaph V.P. School

Listing Date: 24 November 1987

Last Amended: 24 November 1987

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1483

Building Class: Education

ID on this website: 300001483

Location: Set back from the road behind forecourt, opposite the E end of the Cathedral.

County: Denbighshire

Community: St. Asaph (Llanelwy)

Community: St. Asaph

Built-Up Area: St Asaph

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: School building

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History

Said to be dated 1857; by H John Fairclough of St Asaph (Records Office Plans dated 1862).

Exterior

Tudor asymmetrical single storey 4-bay school with 2 storey, 2 window house incorporated at left end with advanced gable bay, balanced by broader gable end to school hall to right end. Snecked hammer dressed rubble with freestone dressings including quoins, gable parapets and to window and door openings; plinth. Slate roofs with stone chimney stacks and cappings; cross roofs to gable ended bays. Blocked attic to left gable and punched trefoil over 3-light e e hall window to right gable with apex finials. 4-light square headed window to centre flanked by pointed arch entrance with half glazed doors. bipartite windows in gabled bay of house and similar tripartite windows set back to left.

Random coursed rubble gable end to left with sash window over entrance; parallel range set back extends to left with similar detail and modern window. Mixed rear elevation with steeper slate roof and small pane sash windows to house. Right side gable end has similar hall window to that on the front.

Gothic traceried iron railings and gate retained to front on low rubble wall.

Interior

Interior retains arched braced trusses to 4-bay hall ceiled in at collar level; diagonally set trusses spanning the two central bays with small pane glazed partition to middle; carved bracket corbel.

Reasons for Listing

A rare unspoilt example of mid-Victorian parochial school.

Group value with the Cathedral.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Rosslyn
Set back from the road behind forecourt, opposite the E end of the Cathedral.
I Cathedral Church of St. Asaph
At the top of the hill, dominating the views of the city from the W.
II The Court House
Detached on the edge of the city before the road descends to the E.
II Translator's Memorial
Above the street in the churchyard to the north of the Cathedral.
II Sundial at Kentigern Hall
Set in front garden (S side) of former Canonry.
II St. Asaph Diocesan Office
Near the top of the High Street at the NW corner of the Cathedral churchyard.
II Former Barber Shop
Set into the slope near the top of the High Street, to the right of the Diocesan Office; shown on 1854/5 map as a Savings Bank.
II The Old Rectory
Detached and set into the slope at the top of the street, small forecourt with Georgian railings and gates. Formerly called Bodlondeb and later a Post Office

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St. Asaph V.P. School

A Grade II Listed Building in St. Asaph (Llanelwy), Denbighshire