Description

SK 77 SW EAST MARKHAM ASKHAM ROAD (east side)

5/14 East Markham County Primary School

II

School. Dated 1877. Robert Clarke & So..ott. Red brick with ashlar dressings. Slate roof. Ashlar coped gables with small decorative ridge finials. 2 small ridge ventilators. Moulded eaves band. Set on a plinth. Single storey, 8 bays, divided by single buttresses. The outer single bays are narrower. The third bay in on each side is gabled. 2 central tall casements each with single mullion and 2 transoms. Either side in the gabled bays are single tall pointed arched casements each with 2 arched and cusped lights with 2 transoms and surmounted by a single quatrefoil. To the left and right are single tall casements each with single mullion and 2 transoms. In the outer single bays are single tall casements each with 2 transoms. To the left and right are single lean-tos with ashlar coping each with single pointed arched and cusped light with single transom. In the left lean-to, to the right of the window, is a bell. The side wall of the right lean-to has a doorway with Caernarvon arch and wooden door and a single ashlar cross casement to the left. To the right is a single storey 2 bay C20 extension with 2 casements. The left lean-to corresponds, however the extension is single bay and has a single casement. In each gable is a single rose window. Beneath the right gabled bay is a plaque inscribed "This stone of ..... schools was laid by G. W. Brameld M.A. Chairman of the board on Thursday the 15 day of February A.D. 1877. Robert Clarke & So..ott = Architects. Theophilus Wilson East Markham Contractor."

Listing NGR: SK7397073462

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  For the Record
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)