Description

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ST 3161 NE
9/30

LOWER CHURCH ROAD (west side)
Weston College Conference Centre
Former School of Science and Art

(Formerly listed as School of Science and Art, LOWER CHURCH ROAD)

GV
II
Built 1892-1893 and 1899-1900 by Price and Wooler. Coursed rubble with Bath stone dressings and ceramic bands. Slate roof. In late Tudor/Classical style.

Two storeys, five bays with panelled and balustraded parapets. Centre three raised as full attic with flanking niches and aedicules to parapet, particularly elaborate to centre piece over arched windows. Centre bay flanked by two storey square bays with tripartite glazing. Large pane casement windows, divided on first floor by panelled pilasters with floral caps. Ground floor windows, transomed with segmental panel motif over heads. Central arched doorcase with enriched terracotta details filling space between bays. North elevation has tall arched studio windows. Tall stone gables divided by pilasters with ceramic panels. Lively use of terracotta and ceramics.

Listing NGR: ST3174461847

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26422783

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)