Description

DONINGTON SCHOOL LANE
TF 23 NW
(north side)
North wing of
2/31
Cowleys School
25.10.51 (formerly listed as Donington
Cowley's Secondary School)

G.V. II
School hall and classroom. 1861. Red brick with ashlar
dressings, plain tile roof, with raised stone coped gables,
finials and kneelers, one ashlar stack. L-plan. Single storey,
6 bay front, the right hand bay advanced and gabled. Plinth,
stone bracketed chamfered eaves. Buttresses with raked tops. To
right a Tudor arched door with moulded ashlar reveals, above a
stepped ashlar panel containing foliage, inscription and date
1861. Above is a 3 light mullioned and transomed window. To
left are 4 two light and a single 3 light similar window. All
windows have chamfered ashlar surrounds. In the gables are 2
small square lights with diamond set quatrefoils. Interior of
the hall has a fine hammer beam roof with moulded ashlar corbels.
Built as an addition to T. Cowley's original foundation of 1719.

Listing NGR: TF2120335712

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459655

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)