Description

BECKET STREET
1.
5170
Former Derby Education
Department Offices
SK 3536 SV 1/27
SK 3436 SE 4/27 9.12.75
II

2.
Dated 1893. Renaissance style. Ashlar; 2 storeys. Facade defined by pilasters
which are rusticated over ground storey and Corinthianesque above; 9 windows in
moulded architraves with pilasters and voluted keyblocks; centre slightly projects
(3 windows) and has central entablature, carved panel with Borough coat of arms,
all surmounted by a semi-circular shell pediment and with truncated pyramidal roof
topped with iron brattishing; projecting central portico with pilaster sides, frieze,
pediment and semi-circular arched doorway with animal-mask keyblock and 6-panelled
divided door; dentilled cornice at 1st floor; modillion eaves cornice; slates.
Large 1st storey room on right has good coved ceiling with carved beam and drop-finials

Listing NGR: SK3500036200

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26576428

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)