Widford Jmi School
WIDFORD JMI SCHOOL, WARE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101928
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Widford Jmi School
- Statutory Address:
- WIDFORD JMI SCHOOL, WARE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101928
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Widford Jmi School
- Statutory Address 1:
- WIDFORD JMI SCHOOL, WARE ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WIDFORD JMI SCHOOL, WARE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Widford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL4187615842
Details
TL 4115 WIDFORD WARE ROAD
(north side)
Widford village
5/6 Widford JMI School
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GV II
School. 1875-6 probably by G E Pritchett of Bishops Stortford.
Grey brick with dressings of polychrome brickwork, terra-cotta
decorative window arches, and with steep gabled roofs slated in
contrasting bands. A tall Gothick 1 storey Local Board School
with 2 gabled porches and a 2 storey crosswing at W end as the
School House. Asymmetrical design with 2 tall projecting
chimneys on front wall with tumbled offsets and heavy corbelled
caps. 2 large 3-light sash windows flank the western stack and
have panelled terracotta vousiors and keystones over the floral
motif to each. Steep heavy slate sills rest on a continuous red
brick moulded string and there is a chamfered plinth. The string
and plinth continue round the 2 porches flanking the windows.
These have red and white brick flat arches to 3-light low
casement windows with similar slate cills. Heavy plank doors,
with decorative hinge plates with polychrome pointed brick arch
over and bargeboarded gable with pendant and diamond cut ends to
purlins and wall plates punched through. Similar bargeboard
treatment to house and E gable of school decorated with an arrow
wind vane, and having a high window with terra-cotta decorated
arch. The roofs are each decorated with broad bands of green and
grey slates. House gable projects beyond W porch and has the red
brick string at upper floor level stepped up over central
window. 2-light recessed sash windows with slate cills and
depressed pointed polychrome brick arches. Gabled 2 storey
projection on W of house with entrance in the angle under a steep
lean-to bracketed canopy. Rear wall of school has pilaster
toothed eaves courses with 3-light windows. Similar bracketed
slate canopy to school bell on E gable above window. 1 storey
low modern extension to E not of special interest. After the
1870 Education Act the small 1829 school was "altogether
unsuitable" and the Rector Rev. Henry Hamond and an elected local
school board built this school for 110 children in 1875-6. The
"Board School" became a Council School in 1902 (HLHS (1979) 55-
6). A vigorous polychrome brick and slate Gothick Board School
of 1875-6 of special architectural and historic interest. Part
of a group with the older school now the Church Room, in this
part of the village Conservation Area.
Listing NGR: TL4187615842
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 160048
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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