Lodge Estate Primary School

SANDWELL MB OAK LANE SO 99 SE West Bromwich 4/115 Lodge Estate Primary School

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School. 1903. Red brick and terra cotta with tile roof. Single storey. Centre of facade has tower flanked by gabled projections. At both sides there are six-bay links to projecting end gables. These outer gables, and the right hand central gable, have triple windows with elliptical terra cotta heads. All gables have elaborate terra cotta decoration, with cornices, copings and finials. The windows have timber mullions and transoms. The outer pairs of windows to each link have segmental heads with egg-and-dart decoration. The central pairs of windows have twin gables and taller windows with elliptical heads. The gable to the west of the tower has triple windows with heads swept upwards in the centre. At the base of the tower a door surround incorporates a 3-light mullioned window, pediment, and inscription: "Infants". Above is a cartouche inscribed: "Lodge Estate Schools 1903" framed by Ionic pilasters below a cornice. Above this a central louvred opening is flanked by paired pilasters which extend upwards above their capitals to a cornice. The upper stage of the tower has four louvred openings separated by engaged columns. The pyramid roof is capped by an open timber cupola with leaded ogee roof and weather vane.

Listing NGR: SO9989391078