High School For Boys and Attached Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings
HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS, GATE PIERS AND RAILINGS, REGENT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386351
- Date first listed:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- High School For Boys and Attached Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS, GATE PIERS AND RAILINGS, REGENT STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386351
- Date first listed:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- High School For Boys and Attached Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS, GATE PIERS AND RAILINGS, REGENT STREET
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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:
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS, GATE PIERS AND RAILINGS, REGENT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Plymouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX4837254810
Details
PLYMOUTH
SX4854 REGENT STREET, Plymouth
740-1/58/407 (North side)
High School For Boys and attached
forecourt walls, gate-piers &
railings
GV II
High school for boys. Built from 1894, opened 1897. Plymouth
limestone brought to course, limestone dressings and brick
window jambs and arches; steep slate roofs with moulded
entablature to parapets set back between coped gables with
tall brick stacks with moulded entablature flanking the gables
as acroteria. Large overall U-shaped plan with articulated
front.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys over basement; symmetrical 6-bay front
with entrance bays at left and right. Original windows, the
larger windows sashes with overlights and original panelled
doors. Alternate gabled bays with 1:2:2:3:2:2:1 windows, the
multiple windows in close groups or paired, most with
segmental heads. The gabled bays have round arches to ordered
doorways and 2-storey panel of upper floor to entrance bays
and to 2nd floor of 3rd and 5th bays. The openings of the
entrance bays are at mid-floor positions. Other detail
includes: moulded impost strings to doorways and mid-floor
string over squat windows above doorway; moulded entablature
under 1st-floor windows to central 5 bays with inscription to
central 3 bays: "SUTTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS", also to central
5 bays a mid-floor string between upper floors. Other
elevations with similar but generally simpler features.
INTERIOR: not inspected but may be as unaltered as the
exterior.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached limestone forecourt walls
surmounted by original wrought-iron railings with turned
cast-iron finials; short walls flanking entrance bridges to
square piers with moulded caps and similar piers dividing bays
along the front.
A distinguished design, following the manner adopted by the
London Board schools.
Listing NGR: SX4837254810
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473736
- 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.
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