Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8596 HYDE ROAD, Ardwick
698-1/21/482 (North side)
03/10/74 Forecourt walls, gate piers and
gates to Ellen Wilkinson High School
(Formerly Listed as:
HYDE ROAD, Ardwick
(North side)
forecourt walls, gate piers and
gates of Nicholls Ardwick High
School)

GV II

Forecourt walls with gate piers and gates. c.1867-80, probably
by Thomas Worthington. Sandstone ashlar walls and gate piers,
cast-iron gates. Gothic style. Dwarf stone walls extending
along frontage and returned ends of forecourt to school (now
carrying C20 railings); set of 4 gate piers in centre, square
in section, with moulded plinths, beaded corners, brattished
cornices and tall pyramidal caps with finials. Original
cast-iron gates with dog-bars and spear-headed bar railings,
the centre pair ramped up towards the centre which is straight
and has panels lettered "SEMPER" "FIDELIS". Forms group with
Ellen Wilkinson High School (q.v.), and with memorials to
Benjamin Nicholls (q.v.) and John Ashton Nicholls (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ8572796948

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579869

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments