Former Head Master's House at Hawarden High School is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1994. School.

Former Head Master's House at Hawarden High School

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 November 1994
Type
School
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Established under the Welsh Intermediate Act of 1889, the former Hawarden County School was opened in 1898 as the fifth of its kind in Flintshire. The school was designed to accomodate 54 boys and 44 girls. By Grayson and Ould of Liverpool and built by W. and T. Bailey of Hawarden at a cost of ú2,450.

A large, asymmetrical 2-storey brick building under a steeply-pitched tile roof. Stacks to both L and R with moulded necking. Advanced L bay with timber-framed gable with plain barge-boards. Central entrance with moulded round-headed arch. Part-glazed door with decorative fanlight. Single-storey canted bay to R with 8-light leaded window and shallow tiled roof. Dentilated string course. Similar 8-light window to ground floor L bay. 2 and 3 light windows to first floor. 3-light flat-roofed dormer to attick. Decorative rainwater head to R of gablet and further dormer to S/W face. Also a stepped lateral chimney.

Contemporary single-storey storage range to rear.

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