Glebe Junior School

Junior School. 1911. Designed by the architect Percy Bond Houfton (1874-1926).

MATERIALS: Red and blue brick, with stone, brick and tile dressings. Steeply pitched plain tile roofs with large brick ridge ventilators.

PLAN: X-plan with 4 four-bay classroom wings at 45 degree angles to central three-bay hall.

EXTERIOR: Banded red and blue brick with gauged brick and stone dressings, steeply pitched hipped plain tile roofs with large brick ridge ventilators. Single storey and with butterfly plan, classroom ranges branching off from central hall. A low, projecting flat roof porch to the north elevation between the wings with a central deeply splayed banded stone and red brick doorcase with segmental arch of radiating voussoirs, decorated to lower edge with ballflowers. Double glazed doors below and embattled parapets over inscribed 'Infants School'. To either side there are three-light windows with chamfered stone sills and dentilled brick hoodmoulds. The south elevation has three-bay gabled central hall with two stepped buttresses rising into the gable decorated with stone tile motifs, flanking the central openings. Ground floor has three segmental headed double doors and central segment headed four-light windows flanked by flat two-light windows above. Continuous tile hoodmould over upper windows. Diamond motif in gable. Central octagonal cupola to roof with leaded base, arcaded sides and domed leaded roof with weathervane. Four-bay angled wings to either side have two furthest bays below wide gable with similar diamond motifs. Two inner bays have three-light timber mullion and transomed windows below hipped roof dormers with three-light windows. Two outer bays have three-light mullion and double transomed windows below dentilled brick hoodmoulds. The wings to the north are in a similar style. There are C20 additions between the wings to the east and west elevations.

INTERIOR: Very plain except staff room which has a tiled fireplace.