King Edward VII High School

KING'S LYNN

TF62SW GAYWOOD ROAD 610-1/1/285 (South side) 07/06/72 King Edward VII High School (Formerly Listed as: GAYWOOD ROAD, Gaywood King Edward VII Grammar School)

GV II*

School. 1906 by Basil Champneys, commissioned by William (later Sir) Lancaster and opened by King Edward VII. Red brick with, mostly, plaintile roofs. Minimal vernacular Queen Anne Revival. 3 blocks of 2-3 storeys. Central hall block faces east. Central round arched doorway under a broken pediment is set within a screen wall. Main elevation of 4 round-headed casements with glazing bars separated by brick pilasters with Ionic columns. Right and left are rounded staircase towers, topped with timber bell cupolas. Main roof gabled with a polygonal timber cupola. Gable ends are Dutch. South and north returns form separate wings and have shaped gables to east and west. North and south blocks of 3 storeys, compactly fenestrated with segmental-arched casements, hipped and gabled roofs, with a galaxy of Dutch and shaped gables. Stacks are tall and rectangular. INTERIOR. Hall rises through full height in east side of main block. Piers to north, west and south support gallery, that to south partitioned to form additional rooms. West side lit through high Diocletian windows, east side through facade windows already described. Ribbed barrel-vaulted roof. Boarders' day-room with a Queen-post roof consisting of turned baluster posts; solid arched braces to collars. An original and striking design, by one of the most competent architects working in the Queen Anne style.

Listing NGR: TF6297420417