Description

LINCOLN

SK9771NE CHRIST HOSPITAL TERRACE
1941-1/9/74 (North side)
01/09/68 Former Bluecoat School

GV II

Formerly known as: Leeke School CHRIST HOSPITAL TERRACE.
Also known as: Lincolnshire College of Art and Design CHRIST
HOSPITAL TERRACE.
Former Bluecoat school, later Lincolnshire College of Art &
Design, now part of DeMontfort University. 1784. By William
Lumby. East wing c1790. Mid C19 additions. Converted c1975.
Brick with stone dressings and slate roof with 2 brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: string course, eaves cornice, coped brick parapet.
South side has to left a symmetrical block, 3 storeys, 5 bays,
with square ground floor windows set in a blind arcade with
round arched stone heads. Central Doric doorcase with
pediment, 6-panel door and overlight, flanked by 2 glazing bar
sashes. Above, on each floor, 6 similar sashes, that above the
door with moulded surround and cornice. To right, a recessed
single bay with a glazing bar sash set in a former doorway,
with a bronze plaque in the tympanum inscribed "Founded by
Richard Smith MD June 1st 1612". Above, a sash on each floor.
Higher east wing has 2 glazing bar sashes and a door c1900.
Above, a central Venetian window with keystone. Above again, a
glazing bar fixed light with moulded surround.
To right again, a C19 addition, 2 storeys.
INTERIOR has a C19 cantilevered stone staircase with cast-iron
balustrade.
The Bluecoat School was a charity school for boys, and closed
in 1883.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 519; Curl JS: The Victorian Facade (W Watkins &
Son, Architects, Lincoln): Lincoln: 1990-: 41-42).

Listing NGR: SK9768471734

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668024

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