Description

LUDLOW

SO5074 CASTLE SQUARE 825-1/1/194 Ludlow College: High Hall and 15/04/54 attached railings (Formerly Listed as: CASTLE SQUARE Ludlow Grammar School)

GV II*

School. Late C18. Brick; hipped Welsh slate roof; brick end stack and stacks to rear. Double-depth, central staircase plan. 3-storeys and basement; 5-window range: 6/6 sashes in moulded cases under gauged brick flat arches; four 3/3 sashes in moulded cases under gauged brick flat arches; moulded and modillioned eaves cornice; parapet; central mullion and transom window under cambered arch and raised portion of modillioned stone coped moulded parapet; 4 domed louvres. Steps to central 6 fielded-panel door and gothic glazed fanlight in round-headed case under porch with open pediment hood on Ionic columns; flanked by pairs of mullion and transom windows with casements under gauged brick flat arches, over basement windows, some blocked. Stone coped wing walls have attached wrought-iron railings. C19 double-depth wing to left, has similar fenestration to 1st and 2nd floors; moulded cornice and parapet; entrance to right has 6 fielded-panel door and overlight with glazing bars, under gauged brick flat arch; canted tripartite window with casements and clerestory, under gauged brick flat arch, to left. Right return has various sashes and large mullion and transom windows, under gauged brick flat arches; cornice and parapet returned. Rear elevation has pairs of mullion and transom windows with casements and glazing bars, with pairs of 3/3 sashes over, flanking central 6/6 sash. Ground floor has Venetian staircase window. Returned cornice and parapet.

Listing NGR: SO5097774629

External Links

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