Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38NW HOWARD ROAD
784-1/5/442 (South East side)
Former St Joseph's School

II

Roman Catholic school, now architects' offices. Dated 1889,
converted and restored 1990. Coursed squared stone with ashlar
dressings and steep pitched plain tile roofs with 2 large
gable and 2 side wall stacks, all coped, and 2 gabled louvred
ventilators. Renaissance Revival style. H-plan.
EXTERIOR: ground floor sillband, coped gables. Single storey
plus basement; 6 window range. Windows are mainly stone
mullioned cross casements with glazing bars. Central bay has
broken segmental pediment with pedimented dormer containing a
niche and figure. Below, porch with shouldered coped gable and
chamfered stone doorcase with cornice on brackets, and
panelled double door. Above the door, a dated panel. Outside,
steps with ramped coped balustrade walls. In each return, a
small window. Beyond, on each side, a 2-light window. Side
bays have a large through-eaves dormer with a 4-light window.
Under the right window, a 2-light basement window.
Wings have shouldered round topped gables containing an oval
glazing bar window with hoodmould. Below, a 4-light window
with cornice on brackets. Right wing has a smaller 4-light
window to the basement.
Left return has four 2-light casements.
INTERIOR has central hall with plaster groin vault, divided by
original glazed wooden screens.

Listing NGR: SK3356588152

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546745

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide