Bentham Grammar School
BENTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1157609
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Bentham Grammar School
- Statutory Address:
- BENTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1157609
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Bentham Grammar School
- Statutory Address 1:
- BENTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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:
- BENTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bentham
- National Grid Reference:
- SD6449869216
Details
SD 66 NW
5/3
BENTHAM
LOW BENTHAM
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: SD6449869216
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.
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