Council Offices

KEIGHLEY LAWKHOLME CRESCENT SE 0641 SW (North West Side) 27/312 Council Offices

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Council Offices, former School Board Offices. 1893. Designed by James Lechingham of Bradford. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, ashlar coved gables with a gable and 2 wall stacks. Quoins, chamfered plinths, moulded first floor band and eaves. 2 storey over a high basement. Curved corner site. 2, 2 light basement windows. Central 3 light cross casement in raised and moulded ashlar surround with either side single similar 2 light windows. To the left a doorway with overlight and hood mould and hood and beyond a similar 3 light window plus an oval window with ornate surround. To the right a tall 4-centred arched doorway with ashlar pilaster surround and carved frieze, above a double overlight with panel pilaster surround, a shell hood and flanking ball finials, and beyond a further 2 light cross casement. Above a 3 light oriel window, with round headed central light, and 4 part overlight in moulded ashlar pilaster surround supported on brackets, and topped by a carved frieze, with gabled pediment inscribed 'SCHOOL BOARD OFFICES' and flanking ball finials. Either side single 2 light cross casements in raised ashlar surrounds with bracket hoods, and to the left a pair of similar 2 light cross casements above to the right a truncated wall stack with scroll gabled base inscribed '1893'. To the right a truncated external stack with bracket corbel and a plain scrolled gable base, beyond a circular window with raised keystone surround and beyond a further similar 2 light cross casement. The whole topped by a square slate hung lantern with a pyramidal slate roof.

Listing NGR: SE0612041276