Maplewell School, Maplewell Road, Woodhouse Eaves (Locally Listed)
Date Listed | Thu 17th June, 2004 |
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Category | Locally Listed Building |
Address | Maplewell School Maplewell Road Woodhouse Eaves LE12 8QY |
Grade | Locally Listed |
Grid Reference | SK5228013218 |
Description | Originally Maplewell Grange and built as a Private House. Designed by C Granville Barker. Acquired by Leicestershire County Council and adapted as a School for ?special needs? children. Late C19 (c1888) with C20 alterations. Tudor/Gothic Revival styling. Mountsorrel granite with stone dressings to openings and blue brick string courses. Multi-gabled pitched Swithland slate roofs with pitched roof dormers. 3 storeys. Red brick Tudor style stacks. Casement windows with stone mullions and transomes. Adjacent single storey ?Stable Block? with ridge mounted ?clock tower? surmounted by lead clad domical roof. |
The description above describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.