Bunbury Aldersey School is a 5–11
mixed,
Church of England primary school with
academy status in
Bunbury,
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, England. It is located in the
Diocese of Chester and recorded in the
National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II
listed building.
History
The school was built in 1874 and designed by the
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
architect
John Douglas.
It was built as a
grammar school to replace a school nearer to
Bunbury Church, which had been founded in 1594 by
Thomas Aldersey. It later became a primary school.
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Architecture
The school is constructed in red brick on a sandstone plinth and has a slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
roof. Its style is Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
, and it is built in one storey with five bays
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. The entrance bay projects forwards and its opening has a Tudor arch, over which is the date 1874 and shields containing inscriptions. Above this is a gable with a finial
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In architecture, it is a small decorative device, employed to emphasize the Apex (geometry), apex of a d ...
. On the roof are lucarnes and an octagonal slate turret.[
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See also
* Listed buildings in Bunbury, Cheshire
* List of non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas
References
External links
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Grade II listed buildings in Cheshire
School buildings completed in 1874
Primary schools in the Borough of Cheshire East
Academies in the Borough of Cheshire East
John Douglas buildings
Church of England primary schools in the Diocese of Chester