Description

SJ 99 NE, 4/184

STALYBRIDGE,
TRINITY STREET,
Former Sunday School

G.V.

II

Sunday school with facilities for adult classes. 1904-5. The school
collaborated with the Mechanics' Institute and adult classes were addressed by various
notable figures; John Bright endowed the library. Coursed rubble with sandstone
dressings: Welsh slate roof. Storeyed with 1st-floor hall and meeting rooms
and classrooms below; entrance and stair hall towards street (E);aligned E/W
Trinity Street front: 2:4:2 range, the windows with Stone mullions and transoms:
pedimented porch with moulded doorway surround. Shaped parapet and central
gable with coping, kneelers and finials. Buttresses with concave gables.
Main block taller; riverside elevation: all windows with mullions and transoms
with alternative window bays under gables. Similar treatment to S. Central
cupola with louvred belcote openings under pediment. Interior: plain, the
plan intact, with rather more elaborate stairs with turned balusters and
panelled newels. Included primarily for its group value and historical
interest.

Listing NGR: SJ9633198527

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552149

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)