Former School Hall, Christs Hospital (Part of Chauncy Court)
FORMER SCHOOL HALL, CHRISTS HOSPITAL (PART OF CHAUNCY COURT), BLUECOAT AVENUE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1268970
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Former School Hall, Christs Hospital (Part of Chauncy Court)
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER SCHOOL HALL, CHRISTS HOSPITAL (PART OF CHAUNCY COURT), BLUECOAT AVENUE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1268970
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Former School Hall, Christs Hospital (Part of Chauncy Court)
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER SCHOOL HALL, CHRISTS HOSPITAL (PART OF CHAUNCY COURT), BLUECOAT AVENUE
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:
- FORMER SCHOOL HALL, CHRISTS HOSPITAL (PART OF CHAUNCY COURT), BLUECOAT AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hertford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 32932 12835
Details
HERTFORD
TL3212NE BLUECOAT AVENUE
817-1/17/13 (North side)
10/02/50 Former School Hall, Christ's
Hospital (part of Chauncy Court)
(Formerly Listed as:
FORE STREET
School Hall, Christ's Hospital)
GV II
Former school hall, now converted to elderly persons flats.
Late C17, refronted 1904-6 (architect Alexander Stenning),
extended at rear to double size in 1950s, rear demolished,
interior converted and linked to new north wing 1986-88.
MATERIALS: orange-red brick, Flemish bond, Portland stone
doorcase and first floor niche, old tiled roof with lead-roll
ridges and hips, with wood modillioned eaves cornice and
surround to front pediment, above which is a square battened
lead-covered base to a square wooden cupola with arched
openings and Ionic pilasters on each face, moulded cornice and
arched lead roof with weathervane on ball finial.
EXTERIOR: single storey front; 2-storey rear. South front in
Queen Anne style, 5 bays, central 3 projecting slightly, 4
large 20-pane sash windows, recessed, 1:2:1 spacing with red
rubbed flat arches and stone keyblocks, and aprons with
scalloped profile beneath sills. Central doorway, with 6
panelled hardwood twin leaf doors, recessed in stone
architrave surround with pulvinated frieze, and pediment with
dentils carried on moulded consoles. Attic panel above, with
central niche containing statue of Bluecoat Girl, flanked by
Tuscan Doric colonnettes, with moulded archivolt and cornice,
with alternated scrolls at sides.
INTERIOR: completely remodelled and rebuilt 1986-88, although
original 17th century brick structure still visible in cellar.
This building formed the original schoolroom and terminated
the axial approach from the gateway. It was subsequently
greatly altered internally and externally particularly after
the school left in 1984. The large modern extensions linked to
the north side are not of special interest and are not
included on this or any other list.
(Turnor L: History of Hertford: Hertford: 1830-: 323-331;
Victoria History of the Counties of England: Hertfordshire:
London: 1902-1912: 491; Royal Commission on Historical
Monuments (England): An Inventory of the Historical Monuments
of Hertfordshire: London: 1910-: 113-4; Hope Bagenal: The
Georgian and Post Georgian Buildings of Hertford: 1929-:
10-11; Hertfordshire Countryside: Morrison J: Bluecoats in
Hertfordshire: Letchworth: 1946-1954: 62-3; The Buildings of
England: Pevsner N: Hertfordshire: Harmondsworth: 1977-: 188;
Page FM: History of Hertford: Hertford: 1993-:
58,59,97,122,125-6; Felstead A: Directory of British
Architects 1834-1900: London: 1993-: 872).
Listing NGR: TL3293212835
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 461262
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, The Victoria History of the County of Hertford, (1902), 491
Page, F M, History of Hertford, (1993), 122 125-6
Page, F M, History of Hertford, (1993), 58 59 97
Felstead, A, Directory of British Architects 1834-1900, (1993), 872
Bagenal, H, The Georgian and Post Georgian Buildings of Hertford, (1929), 10-11
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977), 188
Turnor, L, History of Hertford, (1830), 323-331
Hertfordshire Countryside in Hertfordshire Countryside, (1946-1954), 62-63
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
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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