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Latitude: 52.2036 / 52°12'12"N
Longitude: -3.0385 / 3°2'18"W
OS Eastings: 329124
OS Northings: 256659
OS Grid: SO291566
Mapcode National: GBR F4.3BY5
Mapcode Global: VH778.9W03
Plus Code: 9C4R6X36+CH
Entry Name: Lady Hawkins School
Listing Date: 26 July 1976
Last Amended: 31 December 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1297585
English Heritage Legacy ID: 385806
ID on this website: 101297585
Location: Newton, County of Herefordshire, HR5
County: County of Herefordshire
Civil Parish: Kington
Built-Up Area: Kington
Traditional County: Herefordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire
Church of England Parish: Kington
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
Tagged with: School building
KINGTON
SO2956
643-1/1/39
26/07/76
CHURCH ROAD
(South East side)
Lady Hawkins School
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH ROAD
Lady Hawkins Grammar School)
GV
II
School. c1632; altered and extended 1907. By John Abel.
Coursed dressed sandstone; plain tile roof; various early C20
stacks, some grouped and set diagonally. E-shaped on plan. 2
storeys and attic; 3-window range, 1 in each advanced wing:
early C20 windows, under hood moulds; 4 roof-dormers with
casements, under enriched plaster gables. Various entrances
and porches, with C20 doors, in moulded 4-centred arches;
various early C20 lights under hood moulds. Right returned
side of central wing has blocked doorway with chamfered
span-arch lintel. Plaque: "Lady Hawkins Foundress 1632". Early
C20 wing to east. INTERIOR: early C20 open-well staircase with
moulded balusters; early C20 staircase with stick balusters.
C17 mullion and transom window with metal casements, under
hood mould (now under C20 porch). Founded on bequest by
Margaret (nee Vaughan), widow of Sir John Hawkins, d.1620.
Windows raised, roof rebuilt, and east wing added, 1907.
(RCHME: Herefordshire: 91).
Listing NGR: SO2912456659
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