Caretakers House At The Ruskin School

SJ 75 SW CREWE RUSKIN ROAD (West side) 153/5/10015 Caretaker's House 01.10.1999 At the Ruskin School

GV II

Alternatively know as: Caretaker's House at Ruskin Road School, ROOK STREET. Caretaker's house and attached outbuilding. 1909, by H Beswick, County Architect. Red brick with paler brick bands and terra cotta dressings, and Westmorland slate roof. Gables have roughcast panels. 2 storeys; 3 x 1 bays. Windows are mainly original glazing bar sashes, with keystones. Front has a central projecting gable with a part-glazing door to left under a round arch with keystone and blank fanlight. Above, central round arched window. To right, a single sash. Left return has 2 sashes on each floor. Rear has a central sash, and above, another sash in a through-eaves dormer. To right, a projecting stack. To left, a single sash and a side wall stack. Attached outbuildings include toilets and stores with a hipped ventilator and lean-to- roofs, enclosed by a wall with terra cotta coping. INTERIOR: Plain, with 2 rooms combined, original staircase with turned balusters, and several original 5-panel doors.

Listing NGR: SJ7011454923