Description

TQ 2981 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER FOLEY STREET, Wl
46/11
All Souls' Church
10.9.54 Day School
- II
School. 1908 by A. Beresford-Pite. Stock brick with purple brick in bands and in
diaper . Austere but typically distinctive Beresford-Pite building. 3 tall storeys
and basement, flat roof. Essentially a 3 x 3 x 3 bay composition. The outer
tripartite bays with segmental arched glazing bar sashes recessed in giant very
narrow arcade flush with wall plane. The broader tripartite centrepiece has wide
semicircular ground floor windows with stepped reveals, segmental arched 1st floor
and flat arched 2nd floor windows recessed in giant pilaster order slightly in antis
of wall plane, the pilasters having free Neo-grec Ionic capitals of carved stone that
support a dentil frieze which also serves as the lintel of the 2nd floor windows.
Panelled parapet with stone coping. Good Free Style cast iron area railings and
gates. Side entrance. Rear elevation has a simpler giant arcade treatment.

Listing NGR: TQ2924281745

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27080470

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  For the Record
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]