Description

LUSTLEIGH LUSTLEIGH
SX 7881

9/187 Old Vestry
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GV II

Public hall, formerly a school. Stands in north-west corner of churchyard. Built
in 1825. Granite rubble. Hipped tiled roof. Red brick chimney in south gable-
wall. 2 storeys. 3 window wide. Ground storey openings have segmental arches.
Doorway in centre has plank door and pantiled hood on wooden brackets. On the wall
to the left of it is fixed a large iron lantern. Windows have wooden casements
without glazing bars. Under the eaves is a stone tablet carved with the
inscription "1825 Built by subscription and endowed with Lowton Meadow in
Moreton, for supporting a school for ever, by the Rev. William Davy, curate of this
parish upwards of forty years." West front has 2 old wood casement windows with
leaded panes, the ground-storey window with fittings for outside shutters.
Interior not inspected, except for left-hand ground storey room which has a
chamfered upper-floor beam.

Listing NGR: SX7848381290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389630

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)