Former Church of England Primary School Attached Wall Piers and Railings
FORMER CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTACHED WALL PIERS AND RAILINGS, HIGHWEEK STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1256943
- Date first listed:
- 05-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Former Church of England Primary School Attached Wall Piers and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTACHED WALL PIERS AND RAILINGS, HIGHWEEK STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1256943
- Date first listed:
- 05-Dec-1986
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Dec-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Former Church of England Primary School Attached Wall Piers and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTACHED WALL PIERS AND RAILINGS, HIGHWEEK STREET
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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:
- FORMER CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTACHED WALL PIERS AND RAILINGS, HIGHWEEK STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newton Abbot
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 85643 71440
Details
NEWTON ABBOT
SX8571SE HIGHWEEK STREET 1012-1/13/87 (North side) 05/12/86 Former Church of England Primary School, attached wall, piers and railings (Formerly Listed as: HIGHWEEK STREET Church of England Primary School, with wall and railings)
GV II
School, now housing. Probably c1870 by J Rowell. MATERIALS: coursed, squared and snecked rubble with freestone dressings, slate roof. STYLE: Gothic Revival. PLAN AND EXTERIOR: a near-symmetrical building with a brick stack to a low central gable with wavey bargeboards flanked by slightly-projecting full-height coped gables to long rear wings forming a reversed 'U'plan; similar small porch gables flank these wings: the whole is attached on the right to the chapel of St Mary (qv) by a crenellated wall with a granite arch, probably C14. Each gable has shallow pointed arches to C20 windows beneath (left) a trefoil opening in the gable and (right) a similar opening below a bellcote, without bell. To the far left and right the small gabled porches have planked doors in shouldered openings under blind panels with trefoil heads. Plinth, coped verges, brick stack over central gablet, which has cusped bargeboards over similar segmental-pointed window and right-hand pointed-arched door; 2 further stacks at eaves in lateral angles to rear courtyard; ventilator to left ridge. INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SX8564371440
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 464407
- 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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