Description

1. SHRIVENHAM HIGH STREET
(north side)
SU 2488 8/45 10.11.52 Village School
(formerly listed as
II GV the Old School House)

2.
1863 in Gothic style enlarged in 1899 of rubble stone and stone dressings with a
gabled stone tiled roof and 3 stone stacks. The roadside front reveals the plan of
School Hall at right angles to the road, gable ended with a bellcote and chimney stack
cleverly combined and adjoining to the E, the Schoolmaster's house. A further
1 storey gabled range to the W is the 1899 addition. A stepped and pointed 3 cusped
light window lights the hall and there is a 3 cusped light window to the ground floor
gable end of the Schoolmaster's house. The range between is of 2 storeys and has 2
and 3 light mullions. The schoolroom door is ledged with wrought iron hinges under a
depressed pointed arch. A similar door with less elaborate ironwork gives access to
the master's house. The bellcote has a trefoiled opening below it and a triangular gable-above faith a finial.
A catslide roof porjects over 1 storey ranges to the rear.

Listing NGR: SU2402088956

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300850

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)