Former County School

TOWN HALL APPROACH ROAD (west side) TQ 3389 26/284 Former County School

II GV

School. Built 1913 by H Goothall. English bond red brick with limestone dressings; hipped Welsh slate roofs; brick stacks with moulded caps. Edwardian Baroque style. 3 storeys. 3:5:3 fenestration with taller central block brought forward. Central block: ground floor of channelled stone rustication has 12-pane sashes set in semi-circular arched architraves with projecting apron blocks, which are divided at impost level by the bases of Ionic pilasters with festooned volutes which articulate upper storey; central bay has square-headed window beneath tall semi-circular arched window framed by open pediment set on similar engaged Ionic columns. Other first floor windows have 12-pane sashes set in eared architraves with carved tassels to corners of panelled aprons. Modillioned cornice. Glazed cupola on roof. Outer blocks each have ashlar ground floor with semi-circular- arched doorway framed in classical architrave with entablature set on paired and engaged Ionic coloumns; tripartite windows with glazing bars and similar first floor windows set in moulded stone architraves with panelled aprons, flanked by scrolls to centre. 3-bay side walls in matching style. Rear walls of yellow brick with gauged red brick flat arches over casements. Classrooms surround quadrangle to rear. Interior: ground-floor assembly room with moulded beams and cornices; first-floor gym has iron-braced collar-truss roof and panelled transverse partition.

Listing NGR: TQ3362289436