Newtown School — Newtown Road

Attached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey gable-fronted lecture hall, built 1859, on a rectangular plan; pair of single-bay (two-bay deep) double-height flush wings. Reconstructed, 1898, producing present composition to accommodate alternative use. Renovated, 1989, with interior remodelled. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof; hipped slate roofs (wings), clay ridge tiles, perforated decorative timber bargeboards on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves with replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves (wings). Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered pilasters to corners. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-limestone sills, and rendered surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Round-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-limestone sills, and rendered surrounds framing three-over-three timber sash windows centred on six-over-nine timber sash window. Round-headed window openings in round-headed recesses (wings) with cut-limestone sills, and rendered surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings (side elevations) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Interior remodelled, 1989, including (first floor): full-height library with exposed strutted Queen post timber roof construction. Set in shared grounds.