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SJ89SW ELM GROVE, Didsbury 698-1/8/642 (South side) 20/06/88 Church of England Girls' School

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School. Dated 1910 on rainwater heads. Red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings, red tiled roofs. Irregular plan including hall with lower entrance range to right, lower range to left, tower at rear right-hand corner of hall and classroom block behind this. Arts and Crafts style. One and 2 storeys; entrance range has round-headed arch with stone surround including parapet lettered "CHURCH OF ENGLAND GIRLS' SCHOOL", flanked by mullioned 4- and 3-light windows, and cross-window under gablet to right; hall has 3 very large 12-light mullion and transom windows breaking the eaves, with moulded cornices and flat roofs; tower has pairs of stone strips rising to small 2-light windows under gablets, and neo-Baroque domed cupola. Low range to left has inter alia a stone canted bay window breaking through eaves. Classroom block has cross-windows. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8476291035

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