St George's German and English Schools (Numbers 55,57 and 59)
ST GEORGE'S GERMAN AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS (NUMBERS 55,57 AND 59), ALIE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1242120
- Date first listed:
- 21-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- St George's German and English Schools (Numbers 55,57 and 59)
- Statutory Address:
- ST GEORGE'S GERMAN AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS (NUMBERS 55,57 AND 59), ALIE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1242120
- Date first listed:
- 21-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- St George's German and English Schools (Numbers 55,57 and 59)
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST GEORGE'S GERMAN AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS (NUMBERS 55,57 AND 59), ALIE STREET
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:
- ST GEORGE'S GERMAN AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS (NUMBERS 55,57 AND 59), ALIE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 33999 81238
Details
The following building shall be added: ALIE STREET TQ 3481 (north-west side) 788-/15/10054 St George's German and English Schools (nos. 55, 57 and 59) GV II
Elementary schools for girls and boys. 1877 by E A Gruning for the German Lutheran Church (q.v.). Red brick frontages with internal fireproof construction, slate roofs. Six bay classrooms, two per floor, with staircases in smaller bays at end which rise to schoolteachers' flats on second floor and attic. Three storeys and attic. Casement windows, those to ground floor under segmental heads and those to first floor with keystones and pediments; sashes to second floor, all between pilasters, which rise to attic centrepiece under pediment. High brick parapet, brick stacks cut down. Doors to either side under segmental heads, that to left under pediment with round window shared with entry to rear, which leads to former graveyard now occupied by Infants' School (q.v.). Rear elevation similar but simpler, with date plaque in moulded brick surround. The interior simple, but retaining some fireplaces on ground floor and in attics. Stone staircases with wrought-iron balustrades. Source. Der Londoner Bote, September 1962.
Listing NGR: TQ3399981238
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 441473
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Der Londoner Bote in September, (1962)
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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