Description

PORTSMOUTH

SZ6499 KENT ROAD, Southsea
774-1/13/364 (North side)
25/09/72 "Swiss Cottage" School House
(Portsmouth High School for Girls)
(Formerly Listed as:
KENT ROAD, Southsea
School House (Portsmouth High School
for Girls))

II

Villa, now school house. 1833. By TE Owen. Painted brickwork.
Welsh slate roof with 3 in line diagonally set brick stacks at
centre, 1 on right of centre and 2 on far right. Asymmetrical.
Gothicised.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 bays. At centre bay 3 stone steps
approach a 2-storey projecting porch with ogee brick arch
opening, recessed C20 door at rear. On right return is a
narrow casement under similar brick arch, corbelled timber
framing to first floor, facing gable and bargeboard. First
floor has a small rectangular oriel window with 2-light
mullioned 4-pane casements supported on brick corbels, cornice
and slate hipped roof. On left is a 1-storey recessed part
with verandah on far left which has 2 narrow ogee brick arched
openings returning on south face, slate lean-to roof. On right
of verandah is a slightly projecting facing gable with
bargeboard with 2-light mullioned casement, each with
segmental hood and set under 4-centred arch. On first floor of
recessed bay behind is a 3-light casement, each light with
4-panes, set under flat brick arch with drip-stone. On right
of porch is a 1 storey lean-to part with facing gable at
centre similar to that on left of porch, 2 blinded lancet
headed narrow casements. To right and on first floor is a
4-pane sash each set under segmental brick arch. At rear is a
4-storey tower with projecting parapet.
INTERIOR not inspected.
(Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs:
Portsmouth: 1974-: 93).

Listing NGR: SZ6398699116

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561758

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas