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Latitude: 52.1891 / 52°11'20"N
Longitude: -1.7097 / 1°42'35"W
OS Eastings: 419940
OS Northings: 254575
OS Grid: SP199545
Mapcode National: GBR 4LT.LLC
Mapcode Global: VHBY0.97ZP
Plus Code: 9C4W57QR+J4
Entry Name: Stratford Preparatory School
Listing Date: 25 January 1951
Last Amended: 4 April 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1298546
English Heritage Legacy ID: 366190
ID on this website: 101298546
Location: Old Town, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37
County: Warwickshire
District: Stratford-on-Avon
Civil Parish: Stratford-upon-Avon
Built-Up Area: Stratford-upon-Avon
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Stratford on Avon Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: School building
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
SP1954NE CHURCH STREET
604-1/9/41 (South side)
25/01/51 No.1
Stratford Preparatory School
(Formerly Listed as:
OLD TOWN
(South West side)
The Croft School (including No.1))
GV II
Shown on OS map as The Croft School.
House, now school. c1690 with additions of 1836. For W Warry.
Brick with ashlar dressings; hipped tile roof with 3 brick
stacks. Double-depth plan. Georgian style.
2 storeys with attic; symmetrical 5-window range with 2-window
addition to left. Plaster plinth, rusticated quoins and top
modillioned wood cornice. Formerly central entrance has C19
porch with large Tuscan angle pilasters and entablature,
architrave to 6-flush-panel door and side lights. Windows have
narrow sills, plastered reveals and rubbed brick flat arches
with ashlar keys over 12-pane sashes; 4 pedimented dormers
with 2-light small-paned casements. Roughcast right return has
entrance with 9-flush-panel door and varied fenestration. Rear
has 2 wings, one with hipped roof and 16-pane sashes.
INTERIOR: ground-floor rooms with fielded panelling, cornice
and dado, and window shutters; early C18 6-panel doors; room
to right has moulded pilaster strips to fireplace overmantel
and later bookcases; room to left has bolection-moulded
overmantel; room to left end has cornice and C19 black marble
fireplace; staircase to rear has cut string, column-on-vase
balusters, a pair to foot, and moulded handrail; 1st floor has
cornices to windows, one room with paired 3-fielded-panel
doors to cupboard; attic has re-used C17 door.
(Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and
Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 26).
Listing NGR: SP1994354614
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