Description

LEEDS

SE23SE UPPER WORTLEY ROAD, Upper Wortley
714-1/10/1211 (South West side)
Upper Wortley Primary School

II

Formerly known as: Upper Wortley Board School ASHLEY ROAD
Upper Wortley.
Board school, now front range of primary school. 1876. By
Richard L Adams. Red brick, stone details, slate roof. H-plan,
central hall, 5 bays, the end bays are projecting gabled wings
with 'Boys' and 'Girls' entrances set back on left and right;
central gabled hall bay projects slightly. Gothic Revival
style.
Single and 2 storeys. Cusped lights to mullioned windows,
quatrefoil lights above, buttresses, coped gables and large
moulded ridge stacks. Entrances have pilastered jambs, deep
carved stone lintels with trefoil recess and flower motif.
INTERIOR: the central 5-bay hall has a fireplace at the centre
of each side; panelled doors from hall: 2 to left, 1 to right;
corridors partitioned from classrooms by glazed wooden
screens; a straight flight of stairs opposite girls' entrance,
right.
Richard Adams was School Board architect from 1873-1886 and
designed 35 schools.

Listing NGR: SE2690432778

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547350

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas