Sutton Valence School Block Erected 1910-1914

Sutton Valence School is a building constructed between 1910 and 1914 by the architectural firm Adams, Holden and Pearson. It is made of red brick in English bond, with the south ends of the wings featuring stone on the ground floor and tile-hung above. The roofs are covered with plain tiles. The school has a courtyard plan that opens to the south, with the south ends of the side ranges turning outward and an assembly room that projects north from the center of the north range.

The north range has two storeys and attics, with taller rectangular brick stair turrets of irregular outline at each end. The east and west ranges are three tall storeys, while their south end ranges are three lower storeys, all set on a stone plinth. There are flush bands of thin coursed tiles above the ground and first-floor windows, and a plain parapet on the north range. The south end ranges feature a parapet with a moulded wooden eaves cornice.

The gables at the south ends of the side ranges are asymmetrical, with broad panelled terminal stacks. Each turned end has a ridge stack and a gable end stack. The north range includes two dormers, while the side ranges have seven 4-light wooden cross windows each, breaking the eaves, and the north range has nine, with the central three set within a canted bay. There are three additional single lights at each end of the north range and lunette windows with stained glass in the assembly rooms. Various sets of panelled double doors lead into the building.

There are brick and tile vaulted passageways towards each end of the north range, and a central leaded clock tower. Above the central door, there is a stone coat of arms. The interior has not been inspected. The school was founded in 1576 by William Lambe.