Old Cathedral Grammar School is a Grade II* listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. A Early Modern School.
Old Cathedral Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- silent-jade-foxglove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1953
- Type
- School
- Period
- Early Modern
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 3321 4/20 14.7.53.
BROOK STREET(West Side) Old Cathedral Grammar School (formerly listed as Cathedral Boys' School)
GII* 1598 with late C19 and early C20 additions.Early part of one tall storey,six bays.five-light stone-mullioned and double-transomed windows except in south bay where a shorter window has a draped escutcheon carved belay with names of members of the Savill family.Tooled, Squared,coursed sandstone with some rebuilding to lower walls.Inscriptions badly worn.Interior shows a fine king-post roof with stout principals, king-posts braced to ridge-piece and two levels of through-purlins.Later north extension in similar style.South cross-wing dated 1895 has moulded Tudor arch, with leafy spandrels and label moulding to doorway.Historical interest as the original Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (now in Northgate, qv) AM.
Listing NGR: SE3332621028
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