Description

NEW NORTH ROAD
1.
5113
(North Side)
Highfield
Huddersfield Technical
College: Department of
Humanities (Highfield
Annexe) [formerly listed
as Newsome County Secondary
School]
SE 1317 27/46 15.2.74.
II GV
2.
1838-9. Architect: J P Pritchett of York. Formerly Huddersfield College,
whose best known pupil was H H Asquith. Ashlar. Hipped slate roof. 2 storeys.
Crenellated parapet. Corner turrets. Symmetrically composed around a central
3-storey hall, in manner of Wollaton, or Inverary Castle. Front has short
projecting central wing with gabled end: door with 4 moulded panels, in 4-centred
arch, with side-lights, whose enclosed in traceried frame with crenellated
top. 4-centred arched window with 3 lights, intersecting tracery and hoodmould.
Two 2-light and one 3-light stone mullioned windows on both floors either side:
those on 1st floor with arched heads to each light, and hoodmoulds. Hall has
five 2-light arched windows on each side: parapet crow-stepped in centre.
Rear has open arcade on ground floor, with pointed arches and chamfered jambs.

Listing NGR: SE1389017166

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568536

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)