St Johns Priory School and Attached Walls
ST JOHNS PRIORY SCHOOL AND ATTACHED WALLS, ST JOHN'S ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1300680
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1975
- List Entry Name:
- St Johns Priory School and Attached Walls
- Statutory Address:
- ST JOHNS PRIORY SCHOOL AND ATTACHED WALLS, ST JOHN'S ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1300680
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 14-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- St Johns Priory School and Attached Walls
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST JOHNS PRIORY SCHOOL AND ATTACHED WALLS, ST JOHN'S ROAD
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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 JOHNS PRIORY SCHOOL AND ATTACHED WALLS, ST JOHN'S ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Banbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 45354 40096
Details
BANBURY ST. JOHN'S ROAD SP4540SW (South side) 9/205 St. John's Priory School and 08/07/75 attached walls (Formerly listed as St. John's Priory School)
GV II
School. Mid C19 with earlier origins, probably incorporating the medieval remains of the C13 Hospital of St. John the Baptist. Regular coursed ironstone rubble. Steeply pitched tile roof, stone coping to left with gargoyle, brick ridge and end stacks on rendered bases. 2 storeys plus attic and basement; 5-window range altogether. Rectangular plan with porch projection and brick extensions to rear. 2-storey porch has pointed arched doorway with chamfered jambs, hood mould with foliated stops, pointed plank door and wooden gates. Porch has 2-light windows with cusped heads and glazing bars. Ground floor has four 2-light windows, one with Gothic glazing bars. Wood lintels or stone arches. First floor has five 2-light casements, 2 with rounded heads and stained glass to chapel, the others with glazing bars and square heads. Wood lintels. 5 gabled roof dormers with Gothick glazing bars. Interior: open well staircase, Gothick details in cupboard doors, doors and niches. Roof noted as having 2 tiers of C16 windbraces. Coursed ironstone walls extend to left and right of porch, that to right returning to link with main range. Acquired in 1851 for school use by the sisters of the Charity of St. Paul. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.X, p.29; Potts, W., A History of Banbury, 1978, p.80).
Listing NGR: SP4535440096
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 244505
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1972), 29
Potts, W, A History of Banbury, (1958), 80
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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