Description

ST8053 RODE CP HIGH STREET (South East side)

13/380 Rode Primary School

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GV II

School. Circa 1870. Coursed and squared rubble, half hipped tile roof with fishscale bands and a bellcast, 4 gabled dormers with Y tracery. Domestic Revival, symmetrical. One storey and attic, 2 arcades of 4 small pointed head arches on turned columns to ground floor, trefoils between the heads, decorative wrought iron panelling in a floral style to each arch; the lower half of the arcades presently blocked from the inside, the heads glazed. Door opening to each side in a Caernarvon headed chamfered stone surround, diagonal plank doors with decorative strap hinges; flanking recessed stone plaques, raised stone lettering; those to left inscribed:- "GIRLS" and "SCHOOL"; those to right inscribed:-
"BOYS" and "SCHOOL".

Listing NGR: ST8028553774

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583109

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)