St Werburgh'S School

HANBURY C.P. CHURCH LANE SK 12 NE 2/37 St Werburgh's - School - II

School. Dated 1848 by Fradgley of Uttoxeter, slightly altered in C20. Red brick with stone dressings and details; banded, pattern-tile roof; verge parapets; diagonal-fronted ridge stacks. H-plan; Tudor style. Single-storey and attic, 4-window front; projecting flanking gables have large 4-light (stepped-in to 2-light at head) stone mullion and transom small-pane casement windows placed centrally under blind reveal carved in low-relief straps and shields (the left gable has a later attic window in the apex). Central recess has gabled stone dormers to either side placed over 3-light stone mullioned windows; prominent square projecting bell tower to centre rises to 2 storeys, roofed in stone blocks and capped by octagonal bell cote with small Tudor-arch opening to each face; slit window to centre of upper stage, over scrolled inscription plaque and Tudor-arched entrance now with C20 glazed door.

Listing NGR: SK1723727795