Bangor Grammar School, 13 College Avenue, Bangor, County Down, BT20 5HJ

An asymmetrical multi-bay two- and three-storey Edwardian school, built by Hutchinson Keith in 1906 to a free-style design by Ernest L Woods, with later additions; situated to the west of College Avenue near Bangor town centre. Irregular on plan with three-stage projecting castellated clock tower and full-height box bay to front; 1914 extension to north known as Crosby House (originally the headmaster’s house) designed by Young & Mackenzie; flat-roof extension to south built 1960 to designs by H.A Patton. Two small flat-roof extensions to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with Dutch gables and series of rectangular chimneystacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on projecting eaves. Walling is pebble dashed with Doulting stone dressings and kneelers; quoins to clock tower; Crosby house is roughcast render. Windows are mainly 1/2 timber casements in stone surrounds (some mullioned) with chamfered sills. The principal elevation faces east, comprising; two windows to each floor (one to right at first floor) of central projecting bay; bay with two windows to each floor; diamond motif to gable. To left is projecting clock tower with crenellated parapet once surmounted by a timbered cupola-roofed belfry with weathervane (now lost): Two windows to ground floor; single window to first floor level; to final stage is a central stone panel with clock, to either side of which is small window. Flagpole to top of tower. To right cheek are two windows; to left cheek are two windows and fire exit to ground floor. To left is gabled bay with three windows to second floor; three smaller openings to second floor (one blank); to ground floor is projecting canopy on two slender masonry columns; abutted to left by modern single-storey extension (of no interest). The south elevation (partially concealed) has windows to first floor; abutted to ground floor by modern extension. The west (rear) elevation is seven openings wide; fire exit to right at first floor; ground floor abutted to right by single-storey flat-roof extension. Projecting gabled bay to right with three openings to each floor. To left is Crosby House (1914) with six openings to first floor; ground floor has to left-of-centre a small projecting bay; abutted at ground floor by single-storey flat-roof extension; to left is window; to right is a modern timber door with transom light and two windows. Three skylights to roof. The north elevation has a centred single opening to all three floors. Setting Set in a suburban street surrounded by mainly Edwardian houses, connecting Ballyholme Road to Shandon Drive. Open to the street to east with boundary marked by a group of mature trees. To rear is modern sports hall (1987) and technology centre (1990) with car park and playing field, enclosed by mature hedgerow and trees. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Pebbledash / roughcast Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron