Former Egerton Church of England School - Knutsford, Cheshire, UK
N 53° 18.204 W 002° 22.399
30U E 541761 N 5906205
The former Egerton Church of England School is located on Church Hill in Knutsford.
Waymark Code: WM133AH
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/07/2020
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The former Egerton Church of England School is located opposite St John's Parish Church on Church Hill in Knutsford.
The Grade: II listed building has separate entrances for marked for Boys and Girls situated at either end of the building.
The description of the building given by Historic England reads as follows;
"SJ7478 CHURCH HILL 792-1/3/15 (North West side) 13/02/73 Former Egerton Church of England School (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH HILL Egerton Church of England School)
GV II
School, now in commercial use. c1880. Brick with terracotta dressings and Welsh slate roof.
PLAN: main range with recessed entrance wings each side, and parallel range to rear.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey, 5-window, range, the principal storey to the first floor with trefoiled mullioned and transomed windows, those each side of centre beneath tall gabled dormers. Ground floor has segmentally-arched mullioned and transomed windows. Moulded eaves cornice, steep roof with ridge cresting, slate hung spirelet, and end wall stacks.
Entrances in lower recessed wings each side.
Boys' entrance to left, with hipped roofed pavilion block beyond. Girls' entrance to right, in pavilion block. Both have gabled porches with deeply moulded arches, and lettering in low-relief terracotta work above the arch.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ7520478563
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A plaque located on the building is inscribed as follows;
"THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT BY
LORD WILBRAHAM EGERTON (1ST EARL) IN 1893
AS A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
IT CONTINUED TO BE USED AS SUCH FOR 80 YEARS, BEING CLOSED IN 1973.
ERECTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF KNUTSFORD
TO MARK THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL."