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STOKE ON TRENT

SJ94SW LIGHTWOOD ROAD, Longton 613-1/7/91 (South West side) Longton Centre

GV II

Formerly known as: Sutherland Institute and Library LIGHTWOOD ROAD Longton. Sutherland Institute and Library. 1898 by Wood and Hutchings. Brick enriched with terracotta and plain tiled roof. 3-storeyed, with advanced pedimented outer bays with 3 wood mullioned and transomed windows on each floor, with brick and terracotta arched heads on first floor, and long keystones which pierce the pediment to the attic. In the central section, paired windows each side of deep moulded terracotta arched doorway, with "Sutherland Institute and Free Library" inscribed in the spandrels of the arch. Over the windows, a bass relief terracotta frieze illustrates scenes in the manufacture of pottery. Above this, wide windows with central round-arched lights, and three 6-light oriel bay windows to attic with terracotta aprons. Moulded wood modillion eaves cornice, bellcote flanked by axial stacks. Large studio windows break through the eaves line in the side elevations. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner: Staffordshire).

Listing NGR: SJ9118242934

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