Description

LEEDS

SE2733 STANNINGLEY ROAD, Armley
714-1/33/489 (North side)
Armley Park Court

GV II

Board school, now offices. 1900, converted late C20. By WS
Braithwaite. Red brick, ashlar details, slate roof. Central
hall plan with cross wings.
2 storeys with basement and attics, 7 bays, entrance bays 2
and 6 project, with wide doorway, segmental arch, keystone,
overlight with keystone carved with interlaced 'LSB', console
brackets, segmental cornice/hood; paired windows above,
pilastered corners rise to cornice and square stone ventilator
tower with pilasters, lead-covered dome and tall finial. Bays
1 and 7 and the 4-window central bay have tall ground-floor
windows, segmental-arch windows to 1st floor and ornate Dutch
gables with obelisk finials.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Walter Braithwaite was the last architect to Leeds School
Board and designed 8 schools; this building is similar in
detail to his Pupil Teacher College (qv) built in the same
year. In 1903 the school had 1,180 scholars in mixed and
infants departments.

Listing NGR: SE2718833689

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547551

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)