Alexander House And Railings Bethesda School Rooms

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SJ8847 BETHESDA STREET, Hanley 613-1/8/48 (East side) 01/10/86 Bethesda School Rooms, Alexander House and Railings (Formerly Listed as: BETHESDA STREET, Hanley (East side) Bethesda Methodist School)

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Former Methodist School. 1819, enlarged 1836. Flemish bond brickwork with plain tiled roof. 2-storeyed, 12 bays fronting church yard, the central section advanced with pedimented gable with giant pilasters and octagonal lantern over. Pilasters also mark angles. Windows are sashes with margin lights and flat arched stuccoed heads with expressed keystones. Upper windows of central section have entablatures carried on console brackets. Pedimented stuccoed gable to street with blind central doorway with entablature and flanking sash windows with margin lights. Central upper window with entablature, also blind. Inscribed in the pediment is "Bethesda School. Erected MDCCCXIX enlarged MDCCCXXXVI". Alexander House forms south wing added to rear beyond former pedimented central gable, matching that to north. Round-arched doorway with margin lights below and tripartite upper windows. Cast-iron railings with domed caps to Bethesda Street.

Listing NGR: SJ8825647293