Description

SAPCOTE LEICESTER ROAD
SP 49 SE (south side)

3/33 Former Sapcote
Church School
29/3/1982
II

Former church school, now a photographic studio and house. 1819,
with later C19 and C20 additions and alterations. Built at the
charge of John Frewen Turner. Brick with ashlar dressings and
plain tile roofs. Plinth, rusticated quoins, moulded eaves,
single ridge, single corner and 2 lateral brick stacks. Single
storey, 3 bays. L-plan. North side has, to right, a moulded
roundel inscribed 'This school was erected and endowed by John
Frewen Turner, esq AD 1819;'. Below it, a tablet inscribed
'Sapcote Church School'. On either side, a round headed
keystoned window with a rusticated surround, with C19 triple
lancet glazing bars. Beyond, to left, a similar but smaller
window with double lancet glazing bars. Each gable has a central
3 light wood mullioned casement flanked by single transomed
casements, all with segmental heads. Double gabled rear wing has
to north, recessed porch to left with inset C20 glazed door and
lintel inscribed 'Girls and Infants'. South side has a C20 flat
roofed addition.

Listing NGR: SP4891693383

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26337089

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Recommended Books

• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)