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Latitude: 52.2509 / 52°15'3"N
Longitude: 1.0823 / 1°4'56"E
OS Eastings: 610491
OS Northings: 265887
OS Grid: TM104658
Mapcode National: GBR TK8.Y5M
Mapcode Global: VHL9S.QP0B
Plus Code: 9F43732J+9W
Entry Name: Old School Room and Old School House
Listing Date: 14 July 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1180777
English Heritage Legacy ID: 281645
ID on this website: 101180777
Location: Mendlesham, Mid Suffolk, IP14
County: Suffolk
District: Mid Suffolk
Civil Parish: Mendlesham
Built-Up Area: Mendlesham
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Mendlesham St Mary
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Tagged with: School building
MENDLESHAM OLD MARKET STREET
TM 16 NW
7/60 No.2 (Old School Room) &
- No.4 (Old School House)
GV
II
Parish room (No.2) and house (No.4). No.2 comprises a C15 house, conveyed to
the town of Mendlesham in 1618 for use as a school. No.4 is a former
schoolmaster's house, substantially of 1873 but incorporating remains of a
workhouse which had been added onto the schoolroom in 1726. No.2 raised in
C18 or C19 to accord with later work, but retaining original roof underneath.
No.2 timber framed and roughcast-rendered, encased in white brick at rear.
No.4 in red brick, the bays divided by pilaster strips; the rear wall is
timber framed and rendered. A hipped pantiled roof over the whole range. 2
storeys; No.2 is 1½ storeys internally. No.2 has casement windows, the upper
window (formerly a dormer) with diamond-leaded glass. Boarded door. No.4 in
3 bays: inset sash windows with glazing bars under segmental arches, the upper
windows half-height. 6-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed. A central
ridge stack. Interior. No.2 has some exposed framing in 2 bays. In
partition wall with No.4 is an open truss: slightly cambered tie beam and
heavy arched braces. One bay of C17 on-edge joists at each end. Intact C15
common rafter roof, the timbers heavily sooted. A succession of deeds
relating to the property from 1536 onwards are in the Suffolk Record Office at
Ipswich.
Listing NGR: TM1049165887
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