Walthamstow High School For Girls is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. School. 3 related planning applications.
Walthamstow High School For Girls
- WRENN ID
- broken-passage-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- School
- Address
- Walthamstow High School For Girls, Church Hill E17, E17 9RZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 377 892
- Coordinates
- 51.58555, -0.01384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walthamstow High School for Girls is a school built in 1913, constructed of red brick with some stone and rubbed brick dressings. It features a plain tile hipped roof that extends to the eaves. The building is two storeys high and has a seven-bay central block with three-bay wings that project forward, connected by one-bay linking blocks. The design follows a symmetrical Neo-Georgian style.
The entrance is marked by a central segmental pediment supported by Ionic columns. The windows are square-headed, with sashes that include small panes and glazing bars. The upper windows are taller and feature timber transoms and brick aprons, with prominent keystones above. There are round-headed stone architraved upper windows in the central and flanking bays. The building is adorned with a modillion cornice and segmental open pediments above the central bays of both the central and outer wings, with the central pediment showcasing carved brickwork. A central domed lantern completes the design.
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- No EPC on record for this property
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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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