KINGSTHORPE GROVE LOWER SCHOOL AND ATTACHED FRONT WALLS AND GATEWAYS
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1257892
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1997
- Statutory Address:
- KINGSTHORPE GROVE LOWER SCHOOL AND ATTACHED FRONT WALLS AND GATEWAYS, KINGSTHORPE GROVE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- KINGSTHORPE GROVE LOWER SCHOOL AND ATTACHED FRONT WALLS AND GATEWAYS, KINGSTHORPE GROVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Northamptonshire
- District:
- Northampton (District Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 75357 62840
Details
SP 7562 NORTHAMPTON KINGSTHORPE GROVE
(north east side)
725/10/10016 Kingsthorpe Grove
Lower School and attached
front walls and gateways
GV II
School. 1905. By Law and Harris. Red brick with moulded terracotta dressings. Plain tile roofs with many coped gables and finials and various brick stacks. Simplified Flemish renaissance style. Plan is symmetrical about a central hall with wings to either side and then Nursery Unit to left linked by wall and ornamental gateway. Mostly single storey. Long facade has fenestration of glazing bar sashes. Hall has mullion and transom windows with leaded lights containing art nouveau style stained glass. Nursery Unit to the left is in the same style. Extending to the right of the main range is another ornamental gateway and wall. INTERIOR. Nursery Unit has central hall with surrounding classrooms leading off which retain original fireplaces. Hall has dado tiling and in end windows art nouveau style stained glass. The main range has a larger central hall with more elaborate stained glass and corridors leading from it with ranges of classrooms. Corridors have dado tiling and the classrooms original fireplaces. Slightly detached to the right and forming a group is the Cookery Centre (qv). The whole school is a very good example of the period, remaining virtually intact and having many fine details.
Listing NGR: SP7535762840
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 463330
- 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.
End of official listing
