Description

SE 32563356 HIGH STREET, Starbeck
(north west side)
700-/8/10004 Starbeck County Primary School

GV II

School. 1896. Coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings, slate roofs with coped ashlar
gables, kneelers and ball finials. Vernacular Revival style. Entrance front has single storey
central block with hipped roof and a central stack, either side are entrance porches each
with moulded, segmental arch doorways and raised, coped parapets with plaques inscribed
GIRLS and BOYS. Behind the large central gable has a large 6-light stepped cross
mullion window. The left gable has a 4-light mullion window and the right gable has a
pair of large 4-light cross mullion windows. The main roof is topped with a square
wooden cupola with pyramidal slate roof, and to the rear an octagonal ventilator with
decorative cover. The classrooms also retain original ventilators on their roofs. At the west
corner a wooden covered playground.

Listing NGR: SE3306956334

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499266

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings