Description

TL 5134 37/1379
TL 5234 37/1379
26.11.51

NEWPORT
CAMBRIDGE ROAD
Main block to Grammar School and Head Masters House (formerly listed as The Grammar School)

GII
Red brick building built by W. E.Nesfield in 1878.Single-storeyed,with a panelled parapet.It comprises a north block of three window range.The centre part,of one window range,breaks forward slightly,with brick pilasters and a pediment.A large central semi-circular headed window is flanked by double-hung sashes with glazing bars.Roof tiled, hipped,with an octagonal bellcote with ogee roof and a metal weather-vane.A block to the south has four window range of bar and transom casements with glazing bars and a central door with a flat hood supported on brackets.The Head Masters House adjoins on the south.Two storeys and attics.The ground storey is of red brick and the upper storey is plastered and panelled.On the south side there is a three storeyed porch with oversailing upper storeys.The first storey has plaster pargetting. Roof tiled,hipped,with a coved eaves cornice,hipped dormers and tall brick chimney stacks.There are later additions in Neo Georgian style.

Listing NGR: TL5200834400

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565529

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)