Saint Andrew’s Dormitory Block at Howell's School, Denbigh, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1831 / 53°10'59"N

Longitude: -3.4163 / 3°24'58"W

OS Eastings: 305449

OS Northings: 366048

OS Grid: SJ054660

Mapcode National: GBR 6M.3JM4

Mapcode Global: WH771.H8D3

Plus Code: 9C5R5HMM+6F

Entry Name: Saint Andrew’s Dormitory Block at Howell's School

Listing Date: 19 February 2001

Last Amended: 19 February 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 24781

Building Class: Education

ID on this website: 300024781

Location: The central building in a group of 3 overlooking the main school buildings from rising ground to the NW. Approached by steep flight of steps which are the central axis of a formal stepped garden.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Denbigh (Dinbych)

Community: Denbigh

Built-Up Area: Denbigh

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: School building

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History

Howell's School (with its sister foundation in Llandaff) owes its origins to a bequest made by Thomas Howell, d1540. The Drapers Company of London administered the bequest until 1818, when a Charity Commission Enquiry was initiated. As a result of this Enquiry, an Act was passed in 1846, requiring the Drapers' Company to pay the bequest: it was intended that building would commence in the spring of 1857, and plans were apparently drawn up by Decimus Burton of London. In fact, building work took place 1858-9, the school opened in 1860, and the architect was Herbert Williams. This original building was successively extended, first by additions to the main block, and then by the addition of a group of 3 dormitory buildings or school houses, in 1929-30. These buildings, designed by Maurice Webb, form a tightly symmetrical group opposite the main building.

Interior

Not fully inspected on resurvey.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as one of a group of 3 school houses which together form a strong component of the complex of buildings at Howell's School, and which exemplify an inter-war essay in school architecture, a modernist paring-down of the free gothic style which gives the school its stylistic integrity.

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Saint Andrew’s Dormitory Block at Howell's School

A Grade II Listed Building in Denbigh, Denbighshire