Description

CROOK AND WILLINGTON A 690 (South side)
NZ 13 NE
Helmington Row
24/12 Former schools
28.5.87
GV II

Board schools. Named and dated 1877 in plaque in right end bay. Snecked
sandstone with ashlar dressings, plinth and quoins; Welsh slate roof with stone
gable copings and decorative ridge tiles; inserted ridge ventilators. Gothic
style. Symmetrical. One storey, 9 bays, the end bays gabled and the central
with half-hipped gable to front; lower porches in second bays from ends overlap
end bays slightly. Left porch has 2-centred arch with dripmould over boarded
door with elaborate hinges; ribbon with low-relief BOYS and GIRLS over door;
right porch has blocked door with INFANTS in ribbon; end bays contain large 2-
centred-arched dripmoulds over groups of 4 lancets and plate tracery above,
with central plaque in tracery at right carved in low relief with date and
BOARD SCHOOLS; left gable plaque removed. Central bay has stepped mullioned-
and-transomed 4-light window, with 2 lights above. Paired windows in intermediate
bays have chamfered surrounds with tongue stops. Roll-moulded apex on each
gable peak.

Listing NGR: NZ1794135032

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522614

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