Listed Building: CRIMEA HOUSE AND FORT PITT GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (1336107)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1357, 13, 37 |
Date assigned | 24 October 1950 |
Date last amended |
Description
ROCHESTER FORT PITT HILL TQ 7567 13/37 Crimea House (Fort 24.10.50 Pitt Grammar School for Girls) II Former barracks hospital block. Late C18 or early C19. English bond gault brick; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. 6-window pedimented centre, 5-window flanking wings. Centre and paired end bays slightly advanced. Centre has 2 tripartite plate-glass sash windows and blocked round-headed arch to ground; 1st floor with 3 c.1900 horned plate glass sashes to left and 3 18-pane sashes (possibly early C19) to right, that to the centre under a cambered brick arch designed for a larger window now blocked. Stone dentil shallow pediment. Flanking recessed bays have 3 12- pane sashes in reveals to each floor (one converted into a door); the advanced side bays have 2 ground floor 12-pane sashes, the 1st floor with similar sashes to left, 18-pane sashes to right, all in reveals and under flat window arches. Dentil eaves cornice. Stepped stone terrace with footings of former verandah. 3 ridge stacks. The building was used as a hospital during the Crimea war (hence its name) and was visited by Queen Victoria.
Listing NGR: TQ7509367588
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7508 6758 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ76NE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:35PM