Caretakers House And Adjoining Boundary Wall At Former Board School

SHEFFIELD

SK38NE TINSLEY PARK ROAD 784-1/6/714 (South East side) No.20 Caretaker's house and adjoining boundary wall at former Board School

GV II

Caretaker's house and adjoining boundary wall at former board school (qv). 1903, with late C20 alterations. By Holmes & Watson. For the Sheffield Education Committee. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and slate roof with a ridge stack. Plinth, string courses, coped gables. 2 storeys; 3 window range. To left, a projecting gable with catslide roof to left. Small single light, and to left, a larger window with a detached pediment linked to the string course above. In the gable peak, a triple breather. Below, to right, a recessed half-glazed panelled door with moulded cornice and cartouche linked with string course. To right, a set back bay with a canted stone bay window with cornice and 2-light window with stone mullion, flanked by narrow round-arched lights. Right return gable has a 2-light window on a sillband. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: outside, a short length of spiked railing on a chamfered plinth, linked to the boundary wall. To right, stone boundary wall with triangular coping, approx 100m long, with an off-centre pair of gate piers. (Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council).

Listing NGR: SK3874289110