Description

GLOUCESTER

SO81NW DENMARK ROAD
844-1/3/104 (North side)
12/03/73 Girls' High School

II

Girls' high school. c1900, later C20 additions and
alterations. By WB Wood. Red Brick with dressed stone details,
tiled roofs with gabled dormers, brick stacks. Northern
Renaissance style.
EXTERIOR: two storeys and attics. 3:6:3 fenestration pattern
to facade with gabled outer wings flanking recessed outer
block. Centre: flat-roofed projections to ground floor with
segmental-arched lights flanking gabled porch with "GIRLS HIGH
SCHOOL" in cartouche and chamfered arch of 3 orders dying into
splayed jambs and with angled pilasters; first floor
articulated into recessed bays by pilasters; 3-light
double-transomed windows with segmental-arched lights;
crenellated parapet with arched links to stepped merlons;
gabled dormers with 3-light casements; louvred ventilators.
Wings have tall segmental-arched casements with small-paned
timber casements and ashlar imposts; ground-floor left is
blank. Right and left-hand returns each have tall stair tower
with crenellated parapet set behind more modest but similar
porches, to Seniors on right and Juniors on left.
Parallel-gabled rear wing, with cross-gabled rear elevation
then flat-roofed range.
INTERIOR: not inspected, but known to be complete with
original joinery and stained and patterned glass.
A most distinctive and richly-detailed design, interpreting
with flair and imagination the Free Style commonly adopted for
Board School designs from the later C19.

Listing NGR: SO8379819388

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561589

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