The Delaney Building at Crewe and Alsager College
THE DELANEY BUILDING AT CREWE AND ALSAGER COLLEGE, CREWE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1330088
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1984
- Statutory Address:
- THE DELANEY BUILDING AT CREWE AND ALSAGER COLLEGE, CREWE ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-08-18
- Reference:
- IOE01/01627/08
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1330088
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1984
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE DELANEY BUILDING AT CREWE AND ALSAGER COLLEGE, CREWE ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE DELANEY BUILDING AT CREWE AND ALSAGER COLLEGE, CREWE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Crewe
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 71770 55110
Details
SJ 75 NW FORMER BOROUGH OF CREWE CREWE ROAD
2/40 The Delaney Building at Crewe and Alsager College
II
One of the original buildings of the former Crewe Teacher Training College and still used for similar purposes, 1911 (in pediment) by H Beswick (County Architect). In terra cotta and Accrington red bricks with slate roof. "H" plan, 11 bay, single storey front but with 2-storey section at the rear (north). High-standing, (Assembly Hall) 7-bays-wide projecting centre, with lower 2-bay wings either side. Centre bay flanked by brick pilasters, with terra cotta bases and bands, supporting a terra cotta pediment, with three corn stooks, cartouche and date in the tympanum. Lower, open pediments, to end bays of centre section, on pilasters which frame recessed openings with archivolts. There are small circular 4-keystone panels in the tympanum. Moulded terra cotta plinth, sills, string course and console cornice. Mullion and transome windows with hopper lights and semi-circular transome lights and bullseye windows above. Plain brick parapet with moulded coping. Side wings plainer with flat headed hopper and pivot windows dressed in terra cotta, lightly moulded cornice and brick parapet with moulded coping. Octagonal drum with corner shafts supporting lead covered cupola with weather vane. Rear section of building of no interest.
Listing NGR: SJ7177055110
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 56684
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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