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George's Hill Long Term Supported Housing

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George's Hill Long Term Supported Housing
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Attached double gable-fronted seven-bay two-storey over raised basement former school, built 1862, having four-bay two-storey over raised basement extension to north, built c.1906, having M-profile front (west) elevation. Now in use as supported housing. Pitched slate roofs having granite coping to parapets. Brown brick chimneystacks having clay chimney pots. Brown brick walls laid in Flemish bond with granite string course over rendered basement to front (west) elevation. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to side and rear elevations. Carved granite name plaques to front elevation of extension. Segmental-arched window openings to ground floor having six-over-six timber sash windows, square-headed window openings to first floor having nine-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to basement. Round-arched windows to first floor of central bays to gables to both front and rear elevations, having nine-over-six pane timber sash windows with spoked fanlight. Front elevation ground floor window opening to extension recently adapted to door opening. Segmental-arched door opening having moulded render door surround, with segmental-headed window opening with fixed window above, the whole recessed within segmental-headed arch. Double-leaf half-glazed timber doors. Concrete entrance platform having four steps with wrought-iron railings. Front garden and basement area enclosed by lined-and-ruled rendered wall with granite capping having wrought-iron railings. Cut stone round-arched entrance arch with carved Latin cross to keystone, and metal gates. Calvary group to front garden. Rear courtyard shared with associated buildings.

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