School In Forster Place is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. School.

School In Forster Place

WRENN ID: quartered-balcony-raven
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Leeds
Country: England
Type: School
Source: Historic England listing

Description

LEEDS

SE23SE LOWER WORTLEY ROAD, Lower Wortley 714-1/10/952 (South side (off)) School in Forster Place

GV II

Former board school. Probably c1885 by Richard Adams. For the Leeds School Board. Gothic Revival style. Red brick with moulded and cut brick decoration and stone window and door surrounds. 2 storeys to road, 3 to rear, 4 x 2 bays. Entrance right: moulded stone lintel, in high pointed arch with brick patterns in tympanum; transom and mullion windows, segmental hoodmoulding above with brick decoration. Upper floor: bays 1 and 3 gabled, with high moulded arches infilled with patterned brick, moulded eaves cornice, gable copings, ridge stacks, some truncated. INTERIOR: not inspected. Richard Adams built several large schools in the mid 1880s (Quarry Mount, Whitehall Road, qv) and is here adding to his earlier school, creating a prominent local landmark.

Listing NGR: SE2653331977

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