Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38SE ARGYLE ROAD
784-1/10/24 Caretaker's house and adjoining
walls at Carfield Schools

GV II

Caretaker's house and adjoining walls. 1903. Probably by
Joseph Norton for the Norton School Board. Rock-faced stone
with ashlar dressings and slate roof with single coped gable
and rear wall stacks. Shouldered coped gables.
2 storeys plus basement; 2 window range. Front has a small
casement and below, a door to left and a larger plain sash to
right. Gable end, to Argyle Close, has a large plain sash on
each floor with cornices. Rear has a small central plain sash
and below, a small window flanked by larger plain sashes.
Basement has 2 square hatches with plank doors.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: outside, a short wall with chamfered
coping and wrought-iron railing and gate. To left, a square
stone pier and a coped wall adjoining the house. At the rear,
a dividing wall between the upper and lower playgrounds, with
triangular stone coping and 2 openings with stone dogleg
stairs and balustrade walls.
(Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council).

Listing NGR: SK3559484252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538839

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)