BENTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1157609
Date first listed: 24-Jun-1988
Statutory Address: BENTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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Location
Statutory Address: BENTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: North Yorkshire
District: Craven (District Authority)
Parish: Bentham
National Grid Reference: SD 64535 69201
Details
BENTHAM LOW BENTHAM
SD 66 NW
5/3 Bentham Grammar School
GV II
Formerly rectory, now school. 1884 by R Norman Shaw for Rev Walker Joy. Snecked
stone, stone dressings, stone slate roof. Domestic Revival style. Central stair-
case plan, with projecting 3 gables to 2 storeys, 6 bays front in E plan.
2:1:1:1.1. All windows to front have metal casements and leaded lights. Entrance
to right of centre of-central projecting gable has chamfered surround, moulded
basket arched head and hoodmould; recessed plank door with iron studs and long
hinges. Ground floor windows: two 2-light with a mullion and 2 transoms each;
2 single-light; 6-light transomed and mullioned window to stairs; 2-light. Upper
floor windows: two 4-light windows with segmental heads, a single light; 2-light;
single light; two 2-light windows with segmental heads: 6-light transomed and
mullioned window to stairs . Central gable contains 3-light window. Right-hand
gable contains single-light window. Shaped kneelers to outer gables; gable coping,
projecting eaves. Left-hand gable end ridge stack; ridge stack to right-hand
front gable. 4 gables to rear, 2 on left-hand side break forward and have
projecting pebbledashed upper floor. Oriel windows each on a carved bracket,
make full use of the outlook over the River Wenning. Ground floor windows: 4-light
oriel; 6-light chamfered transomed and mullioned window; 2 cross windows with
wooden transoms and mullions. Upper floor windows: 6-light oriel with transom
and mullions; two 7-light bowed oriel windows. Interior. Dog-leg staircase with
closed string, vase balusters in C17 style, moulded ramped handrail. Most rooms
retain simple cornices. Coved ceilings to some upper floor bedrooms. Sources:
A Saint, Richard Norman Shaw (1976), 415; Royal Academy London, plans and
elevations by Shaw, 1884.
Listing NGR: SD6685769316
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 324071
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Saint, A, Richard Norman Shaw, (1976), 415
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing