Listed Building: DAGFA HOUSE SCHOOL (5.3.47)

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Grade II
Authority
EH LBS Legacy ID 429425
Date assigned 14 April 1987
Date last amended

Description

House, now a school. Early C19. Brick, stucco and colourwash. Gabled slate roofs. Ashlar plinth, deep eaves, 3 ridge and single gable stacks. 2 storeys plus attics, 3 bays wide by 5 bays deep. Irregular T-plan. Windows are mainly Gothic leaded casements. Garden front has to right, 2 storey gabled wing with hipped timber latticed verandah. In return angle, 2 storey square turret. 3 tall casements. Above, 3 casements, that to right with hood mould. East front has higher 2 storey section to right and off-centre 2 storey wing with full width gabled bay window. To left, porch in return angle, with Gothic panelled door and overlight. Flanked to left by a casement and beyond, a blank panel. To right, 2 casements and door with overlight. Above, to left, a blank panel and a casement. To its right, casement with hood mould and beyond, 3 casements. North gable has latticed barred casement and door. Return angle has, above, a Gothic casement and irregular C20 fenestration. Principal rooms have plaster wall panels with wood or plaster architraves. Music Room has oval plaster ceiling panel, Adam style, with moulded cornice. Study has deep foliate cornice and frieze. Library has cornice and moulded wood fireplace flanked to left by fitted cupboard and to right by door, both with fanlights. Cantilevered principal staircase and landing, c.1870, Gothic Revival style with turned balusters, newels and strapwork. Service winder stair has stick balusters. Moulded wood fireplace with Greek Key, early C19, and oak fireplace with composite columns, late C19. Gothic panelled door. (NCC/js)

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Grid reference Centred SK 53340 37501 (26m by 25m)
Map sheet SK53NW
District Broxtowe
Civil Parish Beeston and Stapleford, Broxtowe

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Apr 29 2015 11:39AM

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