Description

SJ 56 SE TARPORLEY C.P. (Off) HIGH STREET

1/71 Done Recreation Room

10.3.53

GV II

Parish room. Dated on datestone 1636. Red English bond brick with
ashlar plinth and quoins and slate roof. Two storeys. Churchyard
front: Diapering formed of blue headers arranged in diamond patterns.
Two ground floor windows with moulded stone surrounds containing early
C19 iron-framed fenestration each of three lights. Two similar
windows to first floor. To the left of these at mezzanine level is a
square armorial tablet with strapwork panels to the sides supporting
an entablature and pediment within which is the date. To right of
this, also at mezzanine level and set between the windows is a further
tablet with a moulded border inscribed: "This School, erected in
1636/ by Dame Dorothy Done and/endowed by Mrs John Done in 1662/was
thoroughly repaired by the/Trustees under the Will of/John Arden Esq
decreased in the/Year 1830". To the right is a later lean-to of stone
walling. To the left is another later stone addition of one storey
with arrow-head rustication and a central doorway with ashlar surround
and quirked bead to inner angle. Square stone tablet above with coat
of arms and pilaster pieces to sides. Ridge chimney to centre. The
left hand gable end has a first floor window of four early C19 lights
and a moulded stone surround. Close-studding to the gable above.

Listing NGR: SJ5531962502

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431617

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)