Description

TAMWORTH

SK20SW WOODHOUSE LANE, Amington 670-1/4/13 (West side) 09/11/72 Amington Centre (Formerly Listed as: WOODHOUSE LANE, Amington School)

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School, now community centre. 1863-4. By G.E.Street. Brick with C20 tile roof and cresting; brick valley stacks. Vernacular Revival style. Single storey; 5-window range; small gabled projection toward right end. Weathered brick base and sill course. Entrance has C20 hipped porch with glazed sides; windows project above eaves with half-hipped gables, all but one are boarded, the window to right of entrance has wooden mullioned frame of 4 lights with 2 transoms and shouldered lintels; projection has segmental-headed window with 2-light transomed wooden frame. Ridge has 2 bell turrets, one square with tile-hung base and pyramidal roof over open sides, the other has leaded fleche on 2 posts. Returns have segmental-headed windows under pointed arches with herringbone brick tympanae; that to left return over lean-to outshut; that to right over pointed entrances. Rear has attached parallel range with varied entrances and fenestration, now boarded, and 2 stacks to valley with diagonal shafts. INTERIOR: inserted C20 floor.

Listing NGR: SK2326104352

External Links

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