Denes High School

Denes High School is a school building constructed between 1909 and 1910 by Brown & Kerr. It is designed in the Queen Anne style with Baroque influences. The building is made of red brick with stone dressings and features machine tile roofs. The north-east front has two storeys and is arranged with a central block and projecting wings that enclose an open courtyard. On either side of the wings are 7-bay classroom blocks, also two storeys high with dormer attics. The main block consists of 7 bays, with a ground floor screen that is lit by two casement windows on either side of a central door from the late 20th century. Behind this screen, the first floor of the main hall features a large central round-headed window with multiple glazing bars beneath a gable, flanked by three 6/6 sash windows on each side. The roof is hipped. The projecting wings have paired pilasters at the corners of the upper floor and five pilasters on the sides facing the courtyard. The windows in these wings are sashes similar to those in the main block, and each wing has a doorway that is protected by a segmental hood. The schoolroom blocks have ground-floor windows that alternate between square and larger round-headed top-hung casements, with the first floor featuring similar windows, but the round-headed designs are developed into through-eaves dormers. Inside, the main hall rises through both storeys and has a plain interior with an iron balustrade surrounding the gallery.