Description

FRITHELSTOCK
SS41NE
11/103 The Old School House
II
School and schoolhouse, now house. c.1830. Colourwashed
rough-cast over cob and stone; gabled thatch roof; rendered brick
end stacks to schoolhouse. Plan: 2-unit schoolhouse to left of
schoolroom which forms cross wing on right. Schoolhouse of 2
storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. C20 door and porch to
centre; C19 plank inner door, set in moulded wood architrave.
Flat rendered arches over early C19 three-light wood-mullioned
casements with original fittings. Half dormers above have early
C19 Gothic-style 2-light casements, with leaded-lights set in
spandrels of Y-tracery glazing bars. To rear is C20 door and
similar Gothick-style first-floor window. One storey schoolroom
to right: mid C19 four-panelled door to its left side wall,
adjoins the front gabled end of the schoolhouse, and has gablet
over early C19 three-light wood-mullioned and transomed window
with original fittings and leaded-lights. Interior: early C19
plank doors and A-frame roof with pegged collars.

Listing NGR: SS4592618892

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26464816

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)