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Latitude: 53.7285 / 53°43'42"N
Longitude: -1.8132 / 1°48'47"W
OS Eastings: 412422
OS Northings: 425804
OS Grid: SE124258
Mapcode National: GBR HTSB.75
Mapcode Global: WHC9N.3KV0
Plus Code: 9C5WP5HP+9P
Entry Name: Hipperholme Grammar School
Listing Date: 3 January 1967
Last Amended: 2 December 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1300472
English Heritage Legacy ID: 338777
ID on this website: 101300472
Location: Hipperholme, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3
County: Calderdale
Electoral Ward/Division: Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Brighouse
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Coley St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Independent school
BRIGHOUSE BRAMLEY LANE
SE 12 NW Hipperholme
1/16 Hipperholme Grammar School
(formerly listed under
3. 1. 67 Hipperholme)
II
School. C1783 by Longbottom (a local architect). Hammer-dressed stone with
ashlar dressings, stone slate roof to central single storey block which is
symmetrical with central projecting gabled portion which has quoins, recess for
inscription tablet which records the founders in Latin with cornice on consoles,
clock face and gable surmounted by bell turret, added in 1835. To either side
are 3 bays of tall sash windows. Hipped roof with stone ridge tiles. Later
extensions to either side c.1906 are gabled of 2 storeys in Vernacular Revival
style with stepped lights with hoodmoulds and other double chamfered mullioned
windows, with coped gables with kneelers and finials. Endowed by Matthew
Broadley in 1648 and Samuel Sunderland in 1671 and rebuilt in 1783. In 1880 it
was reconstituted as a first-grade Public School when a large Boarding House for
the Headmaster with accommodation for pupils was built. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings
of Brighouse (Brighouse 1978), p.ll. N. Pevsner, Yorkshire West Riding, (London
1967), p.632.
Listing NGR: SE1242225804
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