Description

SO 9005 BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT GEORGE STREET, Bisley Village (off south side)

13/58 Bluecoat School

II

School. 1854 by G.F. Bodley. Coursed and squared limestone; ashlar chimneys; concrete tile roof. Gothic revival style. Single-storey; irregular plan, basically L-shaped with lower additional range to rear. East front: gable end of wing projecting forward to right is unequal as it incorporates catslide- extension to right over pointed arched doorway. Large mullioned and transomed window with trefoil heads and coloured tile pattern in large tympanum above. Two and 3-light windows to south side of wing; two 2-light to main range to left, all with trefoil heads. Tall eaves-mounted chimney set between fenestration has partly corbelled base, part extending down as buttress with battered plinth. Gabled porch projecting forward to left has segmental arched doorway with large trefoil tympanum recess above. Battered plinth to porch sides below simple moulding South end: gable end with large plate-tracered pointed window. Lower wing projects on west side. Interior not inspected. One of Bodley's first executed designs.

Listing NGR: SO9031205966

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)