Listed Building: PORTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (1271857)

School. 1886. By Osborne Smith. Red brick in Flemish bond. Welsh slate roof with ornate brick stacks to left and right, and flanking centre. Neo-Dutch style. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement; 9 bays arranged 3:3:3. At centre an 8-panelled double door, upper panels glazed, set under rounded arch, flanked by 2 sashes, each 4 panes with 2 fixed panes over and set under rounded arches with roll moulded surrounds. Approach to entrance is up 11 stone steps with brick flanking balustrades and end piers. External stacks flanking centre channelled above gables and with brick cornices. On right three 4-pane sashes, with 2-pane ventilator lights over, set under rubbed brick segmental arches. On left 2 similar and 2 smaller sashes. Deep brick sillband. First floor has nine 12-pane sashes with 3-pane ventilator light over, each set under segmental brick arches with brick keystones. Brick dentilled cornice over. Second floor has 9 sashes each set under segmental brick arch with projecting brick labels, taller central sash to each of the 3 sections of 12 panes with 3-pane ventilator light over, and 12-pane flanking sashes. 3 shaped brick gables, outer gables with rounded tops and centre gable with pediment. Left and right returns have shaped gables and broad stacks. Projecting wing at rear. INTERIOR not inspected. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: 1974-: 106). Selected Sources Books and journals Lloyd, D W , Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 106