Description

In the entry for:

SJ 5096 ST HELENS COWLEY HILL LANE

Cowley Hill School,
455-0/4/10002 South Block

GV II

the entry shall be amended to read:-

SJ 5096 ST HELENS COWLEY HILL LANE

455-0/4/10002 Cowley High School,
South Block

7.5.92 II

and the description shall be amended as follows:-

the first two sentences shall be amended to read "School building, unoccupied at time of listing
(1992). 1911-12 (dated 1911 over doorway), designed as extension to Cowley School (1875-82,
by H. Sumners of Liverpool, destroyed by fire, October 1993)." and the last sentence shall be
amended to read "Formerly linked to the earlier Cowley School building (latterly known as the
North Block) by an external corridor."

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This amends the 6th amendment of the 15th list.

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SJ 5096 ST HELENS COWLEY HILL LANE

455-0/4/10002 Cowley Hill School,
South Block

GV II

Extension to school, unoccupied at time of inspection (1992).
1911-12 (dated 1911 over doorway). Small red bricks in stretcher
bond with dressings of buff terracotta, slate roof hipped over
main range with wooden bellcote. Modified U-plan composed of
double-pile main range with short wings clasping a projected
ground floor. Edwardian Baroque style. Two storeys, 3:5:3 windows
at 1st floor, symmetrical. The projected ground floor is flat-
roofed, has a moulded terracotta plinth, banded clasping corner
pilasters and plain frieze with flat coping; a wide central
doorway in an elaborate open-pedimented terracotta architrave
which has paired pilasters, a panel lettered A. 1911 D. and
swaged cartouche lettered COWLEY SCHOOL; and 3 tall windows each
side with terracotta sills and keystones. Behind and above is the
school hall, which has 5 large segmental-headed multi-pane
windows with moulded terracotta heads and keystones, that in the
centre taller and with an open segmental-pedimented architrave;
a modillioned cornice and plain parapet run out from the pediment
(and carried around the wings); and a hipped roof which has
wooden bellcote in the centre with geometrical open tracery, a
domed roof and tall finial. The wings have clasping corner
pilasters, banded open-pedimented gables, 3 windows on each floor
with flat-arched heads and an enriched oculus in the gable. Left
return wall has a projected 3-window centre with semi-circular
open pediment, and modillioned. Rear of common brick, regular
fenestration with flat-arched red-brick heads; diagonal single-
storey porch in angle with projecting north wing. Interior not
inspected. Forms group with North Block (q.v.), to which it is
linked by an external corridor.

Listing NGR: SJ5055796075

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534290

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)