Old Warden Lower School is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. School.

Old Warden Lower School

WRENN ID
shadowed-pier-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1985
Type
School
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 1243 OLD WARDEN HIGH STREET (West Side)

12/152 Old Warden Lower School

GV II

School. 1874-75, by Henry Clutton for the Shuttleworth Estate (P Hunting "Henry Clutton's country houses", Architectural History, vol. 26, 1905, p.l05). Yellow-brick with stone dressings. Clay tile roof. Large rectangular block with gabled roof, with single storey entrance blocks to both gable ends. Asymmetrical front elevation. 2 4-stage projecting chimney stacks (RH one has top stage removed), bottom 2 stages combined with buttresses. LH stack is flanked by 2 4-light mullion and transom windows, RH stack is flanked by 2 single-light windows with transoms. 2 entrance blocks have plank doors. Openings have simple chamfered surrounds. Brick dentil cornice to eaves, at sill level, and to chimneys at transom level and top. Square bell-cote to LH has tile-hung base, timber supports with curved braces, fishscale edged louvres, and pyramidal roof with sprocketed eaves. Entrance blocks have rounded corners and plain parapets. Gable ends have oeil-de-boeuf window with semi-circular dripstone to attic.

Listing NGR: TL1366643773

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