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LINCOLN SK9771NE CHRIST HOSPITAL TERRACE 1941-1/9/74 (North side) 01/09/68 Former Bluecoat School GV II Formerly known as: Leeke School CHRIST HOSPITAL TERRACE. Also known as: Lincolnshire College of Art and Design CHRIST HOSPITAL TERRACE. Former Bluecoat school, later Lincolnshire College of Art & Design, now part of DeMontfort University. 1784. By William Lumby. East wing c1790. Mid C19 additions. Converted c1975. Brick with stone dressings and slate roof with 2 brick stacks. EXTERIOR: string course, eaves cornice, coped brick parapet. South side has to left a symmetrical block, 3 storeys, 5 bays, with square ground floor windows set in a blind arcade with round arched stone heads. Central Doric doorcase with pediment, 6-panel door and overlight, flanked by 2 glazing bar sashes. Above, on each floor, 6 similar sashes, that above the door with moulded surround and cornice. To right, a recessed single bay with a glazing bar sash set in a former doorway, with a bronze plaque in the tympanum inscribed "Founded by Richard Smith MD June 1st 1612". Above, a sash on each floor. Higher east wing has 2 glazing bar sashes and a door c1900. Above, a central Venetian window with keystone. Above again, a glazing bar fixed light with moulded surround. To right again, a C19 addition, 2 storeys. INTERIOR has a C19 cantilevered stone staircase with cast-iron balustrade. The Bluecoat School was a charity school for boys, and closed in 1883. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 519; Curl JS: The Victorian Facade (W Watkins & Son, Architects, Lincoln): Lincoln: 1990-: 41-42). Listing NGR: SK9768471734

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