Former Harrogate School of Art

The Former Harrogate School of Art, also known as Belvedere House, was built around 1861 and originally named 'the Belvidere' before serving as St Peter's School. This building is designed in the Elizabethan style and features an irregular four-bay layout with a belvedere at the east end and a recessed Dutch gabled range with extensions at the rear, along with a one-bay return to West Park. It stands three storeys tall, with attics and a basement, topped by a hipped slated roof and an entrance bay that includes a Dutch gable. The exterior is constructed from grit stone ashlar, complete with a cornice and a pierced parapet, as well as floor strings. A notable feature is the battlemented tourelle located at the corner. The four-storey belvedere has an ogee roof and a decorative treatment at the blocking course, along with battlemented stacks. The building primarily has two-light windows, while the entrance bay boasts a segmental bowed window that extends through the first and second floors, flanked by first-floor bays that include splayed bay windows with quatrefoil pierced parapets and aprons. Additionally, there is a Gothic porte cochere with four-centred arched openings and enriched spandrels.