Roman Catholic School is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. A C19 School.

Roman Catholic School

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1986
Type
School
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SD 53 SE BROUGHTON FERNYHALGH LANE

8/22 Roman Catholic School

GV II

School, now parish centre and nursery school. Dated 1836 on parapet. Dressed sandstone in watershot coursing, slate roofs. H-plan. Symmetrical: a 3-bay 2-storey house with single-storey crosswings (the original schoolrooms). In simple classical style, with plinth, bands, moulded cornice, low parapet, and gable end stacks, the wings with corner pilaster strips and pedimented gables; central doorway to house (now mostly blocked) has a moulded architrave and cornice; the 2 windows at ground floor and the single window in each wing are set in recesses rising from the plinth, and all windows are vertical rectangular with altered glazing. The centre of the pediment to the house is lettered MDCCCXXXVI, and the pediments of the wings contain stone tablets lettered respectively GIRLS and BOYS. Both wings are 3 bays in length, and the left wing has a short flat-roofed extension to the full length of the return wall.

Listing NGR: SD5535434102

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