Description

ST74SE TRUDOXHILL CP LOWER MARSTON

7/149 School and attached schoolhouse

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GV II

School and schoolhouse. Dated 1857 by William Butterfield for the Duke of Cork and Orrery. Squared and coursed Doulting
rubble, asbestos tile roof, coped verges, 4 ashlar stacks with moulded caps, 2 springing from front eaves decorated
with a gabled niche. Irregular plan, Gothic. One and 2-storeys, 1:1:1 bays; left bay has tall 2-light pointed head
window with stone tracery, scrolled dripmould; centre bay has paired 2-light mullioned windows, each light with a blank
cusped head; right bay in angular projecting wing with offsets under a pyramidal roof, 2 lancets on the ground floor,
above a 2-light pointed head opening in gablet. Paired door openings to centre, plank doors, that to right with
elaborate combined latch and knocker. Right bay has recessed plaque, cut stone inscription:- "For The Benefit of The
Poor And In Memory of His father Edmund 8th Earl of Cork, Richard Boyl Rector of Marston Built This School".

Listing NGR: ST7684644303

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469442

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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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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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets