Listed Buildings
in Stoke-on-Trent and area
Sutherland Institute,
Longton
Area
Longton |
Street
Lightwood Road |
Heritage No.
91 A |
Grade
II |
Date Listed
15 March 1993 |
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Building:
Sutherland Institute and
Library |
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Location:
STOKE ON TRENT SJ94SW
LIGHTWOOD ROAD, Longton |
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Description:
1898 by Wood and Hutchings.
Brick enriched with terracotta and plain tiled roof. |
Sutherland
Institute, Longton
Completed in 1898 on land donated by the Duke of
Sutherland who lived at nearby Trentham Hall. The building is now
one of Stoke on Trent's libraries and also houses the Hothouse
Project to help fledgling businesses
photo: © Phil Eptlett Feb 2006
Formerly known as: Sutherland
Institute and Library LIGHTWOOD ROAD Longton.
Sutherland Institute and
Library.
1898 by Wood and Hutchings. Brick
enriched with terracotta and plain tiled roof. 3-storeyed, with
advanced pedimented outer bays with 3 wood mullioned and
transomed windows on each floor, with brick and terracotta
arched heads on first floor, and long keystones which pierce the
pediment to the attic. I
n the central section, paired
windows each side of deep moulded terracotta arched doorway,
with "Sutherland Institute and Free Library" inscribed in the
spandrels of the arch.
Over the windows, a bass relief
terracotta frieze illustrates scenes in the manufacture of
pottery. Above this, wide windows with central round-arched
lights, and three 6-light oriel bay windows to attic with
terracotta aprons.
Moulded wood modillion eaves
cornice, bellcote flanked by axial stacks. Large studio windows
break through the eaves line in the side elevations.
(The Buildings of England:
Pevsner: Staffordshire).
Entrance to
Sutherland Institute, Longton
Impressive entrance to the Sutherland Institute and Free
Library
Panel above
entrance to Sutherland Institute, Longton
In the centre of the frieze an enthroned
female figure sits with a cherubic figure seated at her feet. A
group of workers kneel before her as they present her with the
finished products of their labours.
Over the windows, a bass relief terracotta frieze illustrates
scenes of the industries of Pottery, Mining, and Metal
Processing.
The Institute was opened by the Duke of Sutherland on 28 October
1899, but at that time the space now occupied by the frieze
remained empty. It was only in 1908 that funds became available
for the addition of this piece.
photos: Steve Birks Sept 2006
on the Libraries of Stoke-on-Trent
  
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