Description

SW 63 SE WENDRON WENDRON

4/424 Former National School

GV II

Former National School. Datestone 1830 extended in the C20. Granite rubble with
granite dressings. Steep asbestos slate roof with coped gable ends. Crucifix over
front porch gable, octagonal granite chimneys over the other gables. Plan: Original
T-shaped plan extended slightly and remodelled in the C20. Originally 2 schoolrooms
in the main range and a large porch/cloak room at the middle of the front. Tudor
Gothic style. Exterior: Single storey. Originally a symmetrical 2:1:2 bay west-
south-west front. Right-hand bays now obscured by C20 extension. Central gable-
ended porch has wide 4-centred arched doorway with hoodmould (now fitted with window).
Date plaque over; 2 pointed arched 2-light mullioned windows left of the porch have
Y-tracery and old small-paned casements. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW6774230732

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434817

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)