Description

SE 22 SW BATLEY CAMBRIDGE STREET

99-/4/10008 Former Technical School

II

Former Technical School. 1893 and c1900. Designed by Harry Bagshaw Buckley of Batley. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressing. Slate roofs the central one with clerestory. Raised gables, coped and with kneelers. Various stacks. Street front has slightly projecting gabled centre with two large 4 light cross mullion windows topped with entablatures. Above a single 5 light similar window with bracketed cill and below TECHNICAL SCHOOL in carved panel, above a carved entablature then a single round headed window flanked by blind arches and topped with a steep carved pediment. To the right a 3 storey 4 window range with to the left a segment headed doorway with double panel doors and fanlight in moulded surround with mermaid keystone. To the right three 2 light cross mullion windows with flat hoods. Above 4 taller similar windows, and above again 2 large 9 pane through-eaves dormer windows with pediments. To the left the slightly later Stubley Memorial Wing, has 4 window range with a doorway to the left with double and overlight in moulded surround, to the right 3 single light transom windows with flat hoods, above 4 similar windows to the eaves. Beyond to the left a slightly projecting gable wing has a projecting centre with flanking pilasters rising through the gable. This centre has a 4 light cross mullion window with incised heads, above a similar window and above again a large semi-circular window with glazing bars and a large carved keystone which forms the cill to the 3 blind windows in the gable topped with a ball finial. The Stubley Memorial Wing was paid for by the Stubley family owners of Bolton Mills one of the largest textile mill complexes in Batley.

Listing NGR: SE2420524086

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)