Herbert Strutt School, Belper
Description: Herbert Strutt School
Grade: II
Date Listed: 13 December 1979
English Heritage Building ID: 78481
OS Grid Reference: SK3469046977
OS Grid Coordinates: 434690, 346977
Latitude/Longitude: 53.0190, -1.4843
Location: Gibfield Lane, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1UU
Locality: Belper
Local Authority: Amber Valley
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
Postcode: DE56 1UU
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Listing Text
DERBY ROAD
1.
5167
(East Side)
Herbert Strutt School
SK 3446 4/153
II GV
2.
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.
Listing NGR: SK3469046977
Source: English Heritage
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