Boundary Walls And Railings, Former Schoolhouse, 67 Gala Park

John Starforth, 1874-5. Extension to rear by J and J Hall 1894-5. 2-storey, 3-bay asymmetrical T-plan gothic style former schoolhouse set back from the street on raised ground. Advanced double-gabled bays to right; equilateral arched centre doorway with recessed shouldered arched opening; pointed arched openings to ground with recessed tripartite mullioned and transomed windows. Shaped hoodmould to 1st floor tripartite window. Half-hipped roofs with bracketed barge boarded overhanging eaves. Coursed rubble; rock faced sandstone quoins and margins with smooth chamfers. Moulded 1st floor string course.

Round headed 3-pane timber sash and case windows; boarded timber door; graduated slates; corniced staged ashlar stacks; cast-iron rainwater goods; decorative hoppers.

INTERIOR: good decorative scheme survives in tact with panelled etched glass entrance screen; 6-panel chamfered doors; plain chamfered fire surrounds; double dog-leg stair with cast iron balusters and fine interior window detailing.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: low rubble coped walls to front with integral central entrance steps. Pyramidal ashlar pillars to side linked to taller stone walls to side and rear. Cast-iron gate linking to adjacent playground.