Gibney Building At Lincolnshire College Of Art And Design

The Gibney Building at Lincolnshire College of Art and Design, formerly known as the Old City School, is a former technical school built in 1885 by George Sedger of London. It is designed in the Dutch Renaissance Revival style and constructed from brick with stone dressings, topped by a plain tile roof featuring two coped side wall stacks.

The exterior showcases a moulded plinth, a first-floor cornice and frieze, a second-floor cornice, a parapet, and scroll pedimented coped gables. The building is two storeys high and consists of seven bays, with a recessed centre of five bays flanked by projecting wings. The central feature slightly projects and includes an elliptical arched door with a keystone, an enriched frieze, and a broken segmental pediment adorned with ball finials. On either side of the entrance, there are two cross casements, with single windows featuring transoms beyond them. Above the entrance, there is a central canted oriel window with a pseudo balustrade and a bracketed round-headed gable that has a crest and finials. Flanking this are two additional windows with transoms. Above this section, a square wooden bellcote rises in two stages, featuring round-headed openings and a square leaded dome topped with a fleche. Each wing of the building contains two round-headed windows, with six narrow cross casements above.

Inside, the building features a central stairwell with fluted pilasters and moulded plaster cased beams. The stone dogleg stair is complemented by a cast-iron balustrade and a wooden handrail. The landing is adorned with pilasters and three Ionic piers, and the ceiling features a cross beam design.