King Edward VII High School
KING EDWARD VII HIGH SCHOOL, GAYWOOD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1195312
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jun-1972
- List Entry Name:
- King Edward VII High School
- Statutory Address:
- KING EDWARD VII HIGH SCHOOL, GAYWOOD ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1195312
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jun-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Jul-1993
- List Entry Name:
- King Edward VII High School
- Statutory Address 1:
- KING EDWARD VII HIGH SCHOOL, GAYWOOD ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- KING EDWARD VII HIGH SCHOOL, GAYWOOD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 62974 20417
Details
KING'S LYNN
TF62SW GAYWOOD ROAD 610-1/1/285 (South side) 07/06/72 King Edward VII High School (Formerly Listed as: GAYWOOD ROAD, Gaywood King Edward VII Grammar School)
GV II*
School. 1906 by Basil Champneys, commissioned by William (later Sir) Lancaster and opened by King Edward VII. Red brick with, mostly, plaintile roofs. Minimal vernacular Queen Anne Revival. 3 blocks of 2-3 storeys. Central hall block faces east. Central round arched doorway under a broken pediment is set within a screen wall. Main elevation of 4 round-headed casements with glazing bars separated by brick pilasters with Ionic columns. Right and left are rounded staircase towers, topped with timber bell cupolas. Main roof gabled with a polygonal timber cupola. Gable ends are Dutch. South and north returns form separate wings and have shaped gables to east and west. North and south blocks of 3 storeys, compactly fenestrated with segmental-arched casements, hipped and gabled roofs, with a galaxy of Dutch and shaped gables. Stacks are tall and rectangular. INTERIOR. Hall rises through full height in east side of main block. Piers to north, west and south support gallery, that to south partitioned to form additional rooms. West side lit through high Diocletian windows, east side through facade windows already described. Ribbed barrel-vaulted roof. Boarders' day-room with a Queen-post roof consisting of turned baluster posts; solid arched braces to collars. An original and striking design, by one of the most competent architects working in the Queen Anne style.
Listing NGR: TF6297420417
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 384111
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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