Cathedral Preparatory School

HEREFORD

SO5139NW CASTLE STREET 683-1/7/102 (South side) 10/06/52 No.28 Cathedral Preparatory School

GV II

House, now school. Mid C18 and mid C19. Stucco; Welsh slate roof; brick end stacks (buttress to right); brick stack to rear. 2-unit plan. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar; 7-window range: 6/6 sashes; storeyband; similar fenestration (1 blocked, 2 late C19). Entrance to left-hand unit, to centre right: 6 fielded panel door and fanlight in round-headed moulded doorcase under moulded wood open-pediment hood on consoles and pilasters; to right, 1, to left, two 6/6 sashes. Right-hand unit: door and plain overlight, to left; 8/8 sash to right; storeyband overall. Projecting mid C19 wing to centre right; painted brick; hipped Welsh slate roof; brick modillion eaves; 6/6 sash under segmental arch. Small single-storey wing to left: painted brick; early C19, 6-panel door and swagged fanlight, in round-headed case. INTERIOR: C18 open-well staircase with turned balusters and moulded string and rail; panelling. 2nd floor: C19 fireplace; 6-panel doors; C19 fireplace with C17 carved lintel. 1st floor: C18 fireplaces; 6-panel double doors and fluted architrave; 6-panel doors; panelled risers to windows; chamfered ceiling beams; C18 corner fireplace. Ground floor: hall: panelling with carved frieze; 6-panel doors; margin-glazed door with cambered head; C19 fireplace; wall cupboard; panelled reveals to windows; exposed ceiling frame. Cellar: stone-lined; winder stair.

Listing NGR: SO5117839712