Uppingham School New School House

SP 8699-8799 UPPINGHAM 4/10 Uppingham School: New School House GV II

School boarding house. 1889 by T G Jackson. Of coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings, slate roof and coped gables. Leaded cupola with clock and 2 massive stone stacks in south slope of roof. Jacobean revival style. Two storeys and attics. Consists of main block, east wing and long range projecting to north. String course between storeys. South front: main block has central and east end projecting gables, mullioned and transomed windows with casement openings. East end has canted bay window with leaded ogee semi-dome. East wing of 2 storeys, L plan with similar windows to main block. Projecting gable at east end has 2 first floor windows of 3 cusped-headed lights with 2 transoms and hoodmoulds. North front treated asymmetrically with gables, 2 two-storey porches, and mullioned and transomed windows, irregularly spaced and including one partly-blocked window, perhaps to give impression of growth over time. Two storey wing to north has 4-centred central arched entrance, 20 single-light rectangular first floor windows and similar but larger ground floor windows, mostly set in pairs. Forms two sides of quadrangle, completed by School Room and Science Block (qq.v.).

Listing NGR: SP8645199627