Former St Peter's School (Original School) is a Grade II* listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 April 1989. School.
Former St Peter's School (Original School)
- WRENN ID
- upper-forge-moon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1989
- Type
- School
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former St Peter's School, built in a Neo-Gothic style similar to the nearby St Peter's Church, is a notable structure made of sandstone with a slate roof. The building features a symmetrical plan with nine bays. The main central block is one storey high, while the hipped roof wings at either end rise to two storeys, and there is a later extension at the rear. The stonework is coursed, with dressed stone used for the quoins and tooled voussoirs above the gothic arched windows, which have angled dressed stone sills and Y-tracery glazing bars. Some windows are currently boarded up.
The main block showcases an advanced, gabled central bay that contains a partly eroded Latin inscribed tablet set in a pointed recess above a 2-light window. Flanking this central bay, the main facade has three equally spaced windows with small square iron ventilation grills positioned between them. The advanced end bays each feature two storeys, with one centrally placed window on each storey. The return elevations of the end bays consist of three bays across two storeys, with central doors on the ground floors flanked by windows, and three equally spaced windows on the first floors. The main block has a yellow brick chimney at its west end, while the end bay has a rendered chimney at the south end of the west roof.
Inside, the layout remains recognizable, with high windows, high ceilings, and two main halls, although the fittings and floor coverings have been modernized.
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- Former St Peter's Infants School
- Former St Peter's Boys' School (now Ramfield Study Centre)
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