Stratford Preparatory School

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP1954NE CHURCH STREET 604-1/9/41 (South side) 25/01/51 No.1 Stratford Preparatory School (Formerly Listed as: OLD TOWN (South West side) The Croft School (including No.1))

GV II

Shown on OS map as The Croft School. House, now school. c1690 with additions of 1836. For W Warry. Brick with ashlar dressings; hipped tile roof with 3 brick stacks. Double-depth plan. Georgian style. 2 storeys with attic; symmetrical 5-window range with 2-window addition to left. Plaster plinth, rusticated quoins and top modillioned wood cornice. Formerly central entrance has C19 porch with large Tuscan angle pilasters and entablature, architrave to 6-flush-panel door and side lights. Windows have narrow sills, plastered reveals and rubbed brick flat arches with ashlar keys over 12-pane sashes; 4 pedimented dormers with 2-light small-paned casements. Roughcast right return has entrance with 9-flush-panel door and varied fenestration. Rear has 2 wings, one with hipped roof and 16-pane sashes. INTERIOR: ground-floor rooms with fielded panelling, cornice and dado, and window shutters; early C18 6-panel doors; room to right has moulded pilaster strips to fireplace overmantel and later bookcases; room to left has bolection-moulded overmantel; room to left end has cornice and C19 black marble fireplace; staircase to rear has cut string, column-on-vase balusters, a pair to foot, and moulded handrail; 1st floor has cornices to windows, one room with paired 3-fielded-panel doors to cupboard; attic has re-used C17 door. (Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 26).

Listing NGR: SP1994354614