Schoolroom Annexe To Kesteven And Sleaford High School

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SLEAFORD 19 JERMYN STREET

Schoolroom annexe to Kesteven and Sleaford High School

(Formerly listed as: Schoolroom annexe to Kesteven High School)

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Office building now annexe. c1870 with later addition. Probably by Kirk and Parry of Sleaford. Coursed, squared limestone with ashlar dressing, slate roof with terracotta ridges and finials. 1 storey and attic; compact L shape plan with gabled porch on external angle. Gothic Revival details. Large quoins, chamfered plinth, corbel table at eaves. Corner porch has moulded plinths with bootscrapers and round columns supporting a moulded basket arch; part glazed door has 3 panels and 3 lights behind barbed iron bars. Gable has an ashlar oriel window of 3 lights; shaped kneelers and ashlar copings with finial. Left return: 3-light and 1-light windows with sloping sills, stop-chamfered mullions and segmentally-arched heads; original 4-pane iron casements with central rosettes and pivotting openers. Right return: 2-light and tripled 2-light windows in same style; decorative cast-iron guttering. Swept roof with lead rolls to hipped ends. Ridge stack to left return has an offset plinth pierced by a trefoil and 2 diagonally-set, castellated flues; ridge cresting with zoomorphic finial. End of right return has a 2-light window in gabled half-dormer. Rear: Large bay window (reused ?) with large 12-pane sashes and French window beneath transom lights and stepped parapet. Interior: 4-panel doors; corbelled brown-marble fireplace in room with the bay window. Kirk and Parry of Jermyn Street are listed in directories from the mid C19. William Kirk of Nottingham (1749-1823) was followed in the profession by his son and grandson (both named Charles) as Kirk and Son or in-association with Parry. Kirk and-Parry also had a flour mill off Jermyn Street but this particular building may have served as the office for their architectural work.

Listing NGR: TF0674545607