Description

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SK 51 NW
5/27

BURTON WALKS (north side)
Loughborough Grammar School

15.3.65

GV
II
Grammar School, 1852 by John Morris and Charles Hebson. Of red brick with burnt headers (diaper pattern on chequered basement), stone dressings and slate roof. Gothic revival, with "perpendicular" window tracery throughout. Central block with two cross wings (originally open to the roof, now floored). Central three-stage battlemented tower, with octagonal stair turret at rear, flanked by a four-light window to either side. Central doorway with carved spandrels, first floor oriel window, then three-light window with hoodmould, niche for statue above. Five-bay cross wings with coped gables carrying pinnacles and finials. Canted bay windows. Octagonal lead-capped lanterns at junctions of main block and cross wings.

Listing NGR: SK5403918917

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26336852

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)