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Listed Building: HERBERT STRUTT SCHOOL, DERBY ROAD (1349048)

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Grade II
Authority English Heritage
Volume/Map/Item 950, 4, 153
Date assigned 13 December 1979
Date last amended

Description

1908. Architects Hunter and Woodhouse of Belper. Patron G H Strutt. (Sutton R 'The Herbert Strutt School'). Essentially a symmtrical composition, the school stands in an embanked garden above road. Stone from Strutt quarry in Makeney, rusticated with Matlock stone dressings and Westmoreland green slated roof. Jacobean style. Centre block of 2 storeys with centre fleche spire. Coped gable ends with chimneys. Five long windows with paired arched lights, the centre 3 under gables. Flanking single storey gabled blocks, the southern one has rear tower. Each of these linked by arcade to outer, 2 storey, wings. Windows with mullions, transoms and leaded glazing. Building designed to harmonize with G Scott's workhouse (now Babington Hospital qv) opposite.

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Location

Grid reference SK 34690 46977 (point)
Map sheet SK34NW
Civil Parish BELPER, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Apr 10 2014 9:39AM

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