Former Schools

CROOK AND WILLINGTON A 690 (South side) NZ 13 NE Helmington Row 24/12 Former schools 28.5.87 GV II

Board schools. Named and dated 1877 in plaque in right end bay. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, plinth and quoins; Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings and decorative ridge tiles; inserted ridge ventilators. Gothic style. Symmetrical. One storey, 9 bays, the end bays gabled and the central with half-hipped gable to front; lower porches in second bays from ends overlap end bays slightly. Left porch has 2-centred arch with dripmould over boarded door with elaborate hinges; ribbon with low-relief BOYS and GIRLS over door; right porch has blocked door with INFANTS in ribbon; end bays contain large 2- centred-arched dripmoulds over groups of 4 lancets and plate tracery above, with central plaque in tracery at right carved in low relief with date and BOARD SCHOOLS; left gable plaque removed. Central bay has stepped mullioned- and-transomed 4-light window, with 2 lights above. Paired windows in intermediate bays have chamfered surrounds with tongue stops. Roll-moulded apex on each gable peak.

Listing NGR: NZ1794135032