Description

WELLINGTON HEATH CP LEDBURY ROAD
SO 74 SW (east side)

2/99 Hope End School House

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- II

School and school house, now a house and store. Mid-C19. Rubble, freestone
quoins and dressings, slate roof, brick and rubble stacks with octagonal pots.
Irregular L-plan with the school rooms at the right and in a plain Gothic
style. The school house is single storey and attics in 2 dormers enriched
with cusped bargeboards. Two 3-light windows in chamfered mullions and
surrounds. Central C20 door and porch. The school rooms project as a
gabled wing at the right and on the gable end. 3-light mullion and transom
windows with cinquefoil heads to the tracery. Decorative bargeboards and
some decorative ridge tiles. Gabled projecting porch in the angle of
the school rooms: chamfered doorway with 4-centred head. At the junction
of the 2 parts is a spikey Gothic style bell turret under a lead spire.

Listing NGR: SO7123340684

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26361462

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990