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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings