Description

TL 2885-2986 RAMSEY HIGH STREET
12/15
Nos 120 to 124 (consec)
GV
II

Built in 1848 as the Elementary School, now 3 dwellings. Plans by Blore. H-plan with
central 2-storey porch. Two storeys. Yellow gault brick with limestone copings,
plain tile roof, decorated ridge tiles. Two ridge stacks at junction with wings each
with 4 diagonal shafts and 2 faceted, lanterns with tented lead roofs and finial
decoration. Two side stacks to front facade with single diagonal shafts. Dentil
brick cornice to central block. Kneed parapet gables to wings. Windows of 2, 3 and
4-lights with geometric patterned glazing bars, some with transomes. Three
half-glazed and panelled doors in segmental arches with chamfered architraves. Two
storey porch has angle buttresses, central doorway with inset stone panel above,
framed by stone string course, and surmounted by a bell turret with stone copings and
finial.

Source. Blore Account Book. Camb. U. Lib.

The former Elementary school forms part of an important and picturesque group of
buildings that surround the Abbey Green.

Listing NGR: TL2902185155

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26460030

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)