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Latitude: 53.6847 / 53°41'4"N
Longitude: -1.4969 / 1°29'48"W
OS Eastings: 433326
OS Northings: 421028
OS Grid: SE333210
Mapcode National: GBR KTZT.QW
Mapcode Global: WHC9Z.ZNC4
Plus Code: 9C5WMGM3+V7
Entry Name: Old Cathedral Grammar School
Listing Date: 14 July 1953
Last Amended: 1 February 1979
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1358639
English Heritage Legacy ID: 441731
ID on this website: 101358639
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1
County: Wakefield
Electoral Ward/Division: Wakefield North
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Wakefield
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Wakefield All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: School building
SE 3321 4/20
14.7.53.
BROOK STREET(West Side)
Old Cathedral Grammar School
(formerly listed as Cathedral Boys' School)
GII*
1598 with late C19 and early C20 additions.Early part of one tall storey,six bays.five-light stone-mullioned and double-transomed windows except in south bay where a shorter window has a draped escutcheon carved belay with names of members of the Savill family.Tooled, Squared,coursed sandstone with some rebuilding to lower walls.Inscriptions badly worn.Interior shows a fine king-post roof with stout principals, king-posts braced to ridge-piece and two levels of through-purlins.Later north extension in similar style.South cross-wing dated 1895 has moulded Tudor arch, with leafy spandrels and label moulding to doorway.Historical interest as the original Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (now in Northgate, qv) AM.
Listing NGR: SE3332621028
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