Library Approximately 20 Metres North West Of King Alfred'S School is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Library.
Library Approximately 20 Metres North West Of King Alfred'S School
- WRENN ID
- ghost-rampart-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Library
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WANTAGE PORTWAY SU3987 (North side) 7/150 Library approx. 20m. NW of King Alfred's School
GV II
Library. c.1872, by William Butterfield. English bond brick with flared headers in diaper pattern; limestone ashlar dressings; old tile roof; brick stacks. One storey; 4-window range. Hipped central porch has wood pointed chamfered arch to lobby with segmental headed arch over plank double doors with decorative hinges. Porch flanked by outshuts with 2-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows with chamfered brick jambs, and offset buttresses. Hipped half-dormers have 2-light transomed windows with cusped heads. Flush ashlar band beneath dog-tooth eaves. Gabled roof with ashlar coping, moulded kneelers and decorative ridge tiles; offset rear lateral stack. Side walls have segmental arches over 2- and 3-light windows with cusped heads. 2 similar half dormers flank rear stack. Interior has arch-braced collar-truss roof.
Listing NGR: SU3960687702
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