Description

SO 81 SE UPTON ST LEONARDS CHURCHFIELD ROAD (west side)

6/174 Primary school

14.2.85

GV II

Former Church of England primary school. 1850; by Henry Woodyer. Snecked squared rubble limestone with ashlar dressings and chimneys; stone slate roof. Gothic Revival style. H-plan with hall to north, 2-storey classroom block to south linked by single- storey range; latrine block to east. East side: gable end of north wing to left with off-centre pointed-arched doorway having plank door; round-arched casement to right; 3-light round-arched mullioned casement over with relieving arch; buttress in south west corner; latrine block in centre linked to projecting wings by screen walls with pointed arch to each; tall projecting chimney stacks face courtyard, that to south wing rectangular, circular to north, both with moulded caps; 2 rows of weatherboarded dormers with lancets to both sides of hall roof; large window with reticulated tracery to both gable ends of hall. South: off-centre projecting cross-gabled bell tower containing staircase; 5 stepped lancets with stone louvres to 3 gables; stair lancets below and central pointed-arched south-facing doorway; 4-light round-arched mullioned casement to right with 2-light beyond; C20 raking dormer over; ridge-mounted chimney with moulded cap. North: side of hall with central gabled porch having pointed arch and diagonal corner buttresses; stone cross in trefoil niche to porch gable apex; two 2-light trefoil headed mullioned casements to left, single 4-light to right. West side: projecting gables to left and right; gable to right has 4-light round-arched mullioned casement and 3-light above with relieving arch. Central range with pointed- arched doorway; 3-light and single-light trefoil-headed casements to left; two 2-light to right; projecting chimney stacks as on east side. All roofs sprocketed at eaves. Interior of hall has open arched-braced collar truss rafter roof; pointed-arched internal doorways. Boundary wall, railings and well pump in west courtyard (q.v.). An effective and original design. (D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1976.)

Listing NGR: SO8624814910

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