Description

PARISH OF BARLOW BOLEHILL
SK 37 SW
10/1
Bolehill House
31.1.67
II
House, formerly an academy or school and schoolhouse. 1677,
with repairs and alterations in 1797 and C19. Coursed squared
coal measures sandstone with a shallow chamfered plinth, quoins,
coped west gable with moulded kneelers, intermediate and end
ridge stacks and a stone slated roof. Irregular T-plan house,
the main range comprising six bays with a lower bay to the east
end, and a two storey entrance porch at the west end, in the
same plane as the main range, but only half the width of the
house, its diminutive gable facing west. South elevation. Two
storeys, seven bays, the three western bays being further
advanced, and with a lower eaves than the remaining three two
storey bays. At the west end a doorway to the porch with a
quoined surround and a planked door. Each bay with a 3-light
window to the ground floor, and a 2-light above, all the windows
having chamfer mullions and glazing bar casements with gothic
intersecting heads. The ground floor openings sit beneath a
continuous dripmoulding which embraces the doorway and which has
a label stop. The three bays to the east contain an entrance
bay, with a quoined doorway and a planked door and above, a
pointed arched opening with a moulded surround and glazing bars.
This doorway and the two 3-light chamfer mullioned windows to
the east also sit beneath a continuous dripmoulding, the two
remaining first floor windows being 2-light openings, all with
gothic glazings. The lower bay to the east end is plain. An
inserted plaque at first floor level above the west door reads
'This Acad'y was Built by the inhabitatns of Barl'w in the year
1677 and was duly repaired in 1797 Demms(?) Mas't'.

Listing NGR: SK3331374556

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380194

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)