St Peter'S And St Mary'S Junior School

LONDON ROAD 1. 5407 (West Side) St Peter's and St Mary's Junior School SU 1968 1/242 II 2. 1904 (date of foundation stone laid by the Marquess of Ailesbury). Architects T B Silcock and S S Reay. Red brick. Pitched tile roof. 2 storeys. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. End gables and (slightly projecting) central bay are crowned by prominemt modillioned pediments. Centre bay has 1 range of mullioned and transomed windows with lead glazing bars. 2 flanking bays have 1 oeuil de boeuf each set in very elegant moulded brick cartouches. Below these are 1 storey entrance extensions, each with moulded stone cornices and parapets: 1 double door each, with fielded panelling in ashlar surrounds consisting of moulded architrave 2 Roman Doric 3/4 columns taking full entablature and pediment with "Boys" and "Girls" respectively carved in relief and wreathed by oak leafs: 1 mullion and transom window in each extension, with lead glazing bars. Roof surmounted by octagonal lantern on square tile-hung base, each side with semi-circular louvred arch with keystone and moulded voussoirs. 4 Tuscan columns at corners taking entablature with modillioned cornics, 4 elaborate wooden urns and ogival lead cap.

Listing NGR: SU1906269113