Description

CORMONT ROAD SE5
1. (north side)
5023

Kennington Boys' School
TQ 3176 13/309

II

2.
1912 by T J Bailey. Board school of LCC, similar to Vauxhall Manor School
Annexe in Kennington Road. Large, symmetrical building of 7 sections. Main
central block of 3 tall storeys, 5 windows, under high pitched, hipped tiled
roof with 3 tiny lucarne-like dormers whose swept roofs become spirelets. Flanking
6-storey square towers have corbelled octagonal angle turrets and tall swept
slated roofs rising to bell stage with spirelet and vane above. Beyond are
5-storey, 4-bay intermediate sections with parapet fronts; outer bays of 3
tall storeys and attic under shaped gables with scrolled kneelers. Stock brick
with dressings of red brick and stone (the latter mainly for gable and parapet
copings) and terra-cotta for corbel tables at tower eaves and the larger turret
corbels, and for rusticating the wall arcading of central section. Varied window
shapes, much wall enrichment; a building of romance and fantasy.

Listing NGR: TQ3164176654

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479997

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)