SCHOOL HOUSE WITH REAR BOUNDARY WALL
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281859
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sep-1978
- Statutory Address:
- SCHOOL HOUSE WITH REAR BOUNDARY WALL, GROVE ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- SCHOOL HOUSE WITH REAR BOUNDARY WALL, GROVE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Portland
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 69932 72578
Details
PORTLAND
SY67SE GROVE ROAD, Grove
969-1/1/136 (North East side)
21/09/78 School House with rear boundary wall
GV II
School extension, former house of Assistant Governor, Portland
Prison. c 1870, possibly from office of Capt. Du Cane, RE.
Portland ashlar, slate roof. Compact L-plan, with slightly
set-forward wide gable, left, and set-back lower wing. Two
storeys, 1+1-windowed. Paired sashes with horizontal bar in
chamfer surrounds with stops to jambs and central mullion;
flush, deep chamfer cills. Coped gable with small roll mould
saddle stone above blind oculus in flush relieving arch.
Plinth, mid moulded string, moulded eaves, 3 large stacks on
moulded skirts and with heavy cappings to Lombard bands. The
set-back wing has two small sashes above a plank door in
arched opening with Romanesque mouldings, and drip course;
left return gable coped, with kneelers and central stack.
Right return has a tall stair window to right, the string
stepped below its cill. Subsidiary Features: At the rear of
the site is a lofty ashlar boundary wall incorporating a wide
blocked opening with rusticated quoins and voussoirs to
segmental head; this formerly an access from the house to the
adjoining prison. An important unit in a good group, set
between St. Peter's Church (qv) and Grove County Infants'
School (qv), and from its detailing clearly from the same
design office.
Listing NGR: SY6993272578
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 381957
- 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
