St Johns Church Of England Primary School And St Johns Almshouses Numbers 1-7 (Consecutive)

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SE3337SE WETHERBY ROAD, Roundhay 714-1/58/1071 (North side) 05/08/76 St John's C of E Primary School and St John's Almshouses, Nos.1-7 (Consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: WETHERBY ROAD, Roundhay (North side) St John's (Roundhay) Church of England ... Almshouses Nos 1-7 ... wall in front)

GV II

Church school and almshouses. c1830, altered C20. By Thomas Taylor. For Stephen Nicholson of Roundhay Park. Coursed squared gritstone, ashlar details, slate roofs. In Tudor style. Central school block flanked by long 10-bay ranges of single-storey almshouses. School with moulded coping to gable ends, central gabled porch with pointed arched doorway, base of crocketed finial at apex of gable; at each side are 2 large 2-light mullion and transom windows with dripmoulds. Flanking this central school block are 10-bay ranges of low single-storey almshouses with projecting gabled end bays with large ornate barge-boards with pendants, wide eaves and shallow square bay window with coved cornice. Small 2-light mullioned windows and doorways with dripmoulds, plank doors with cover moulds and decorative wrought-iron hinges. Stone chimneys, shafts removed. INTERIOR: not inspected. An early drawing of the group is reproduced in Linstrum, p.247.

Listing NGR: SE3275136983