Unique groups of seven shafts on Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire
Posted by: greysman
N 52° 22.249 W 001° 15.836
30U E 618189 N 5803701
There are two prominent rows of chimney stacks with joined shafts on the New Quad Buildings of Rugby School.
Waymark Code: WMDTCM
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/22/2012
Views: 3
The New Quad Buildings at Rugby School were built in 1867-85, by William Butterfield in multi-coloured brick in Gothic style, red, black and yellow brick walls have stone dressings. It is mainly three storeys and partly 2 storeys, has buttresses with offsets, casement windows in groups with arched heads of different forms. There is an octagonal staircase tower at the inside north-west angle with a tall pointed roof. These prominent chimneys at the north-west and south-west have seven joined shafts of octagonal form, with brick string courses and stone bases, all as a ridge stack. The roofs are covered in Welsh slates behind the parapets. It is a Grade II* listed building and with the Chapel on the south side completes the range round the new quad, the western extension of the school.
Private or Public Property?: Private
What material is it made from?: Brick and stone
When was it made?: 01/01/1867
Estimated Height of chimney (please include whether metres or feet): 3m
Type of building e.g. house, hotel etc: School
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Website with further information: Not listed
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