New End Primary School

TQ2685NW 798-1/26/1195

CAMDEN NEW END New End Primary School

(Formerly Listed as: NEW END New End School)

19/12/88

GV II Primary school. c1906. By TJ Bailey and the LCC Architect's Department, Schools branch. Red brick; front of yellow brick with red brick pilasters and dressings. Gabled old tile roof with stone capped brick stacks. Edwardian Baroque style.

EXTERIOR: four double height stories, four-window range central block flanked by projecting wings of eight storeys and attics with two-bay facades. Two semicircular arched entries to centre, with triple keystones, divided by pilaster with scrolled pediment over stone plaque. Central block has brick pilasters with stone triglyph friezes from second floor level to segmental-arched stone frieze beneath moulded stone cornice; tall brick parapet. Red brick flat arches to transom and mullion windows with small panes. Projecting wings have square-headed doorways set in wide stone architraves with bracketed flat hoods. Red brick flat arches to paired four-pane sashes set between brick pilasters with stone triglyph capitals carrying semicircular arches of Flemish gables with carved stone coping and carved stone oeil-de-boeuf windows. Red brick rear elevation with grouped windows having small panes to centre, the top floor with pediments. Projecting wings have brick pilasters with stone triglyph capitals at angles supporting ashlar piers with shaped cornices flanking large segmental-arched Ipswich windows with tall alternating red brick and stone voussoirs and carved Baroque-style keystones; hipped roofs with segmental dormers and tall finials. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ2648285916