Description

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SJ 9784
7/8

DISLEY C.P.
BUXTON OLD ROAD (South Side)
No. 2
Schoolhouse Surgery

(Formerly listed as St. Mary's Church Hall, previously listed as St. Mary's School)

27/11/1963

GV II

Former school, later used as auction room with Parish Hall above, now a doctors' surgery: dated 1823.
Coursed, squared, sandstone rubble with sandstone dressings. Kerridge stone-slate roof with 2 stone chimneys. Rectangular in plan with nearly symmetrical 2-storey, 5-bay front. Windows are 2-light, chamfered, stone mullions with hood moulds. Main doorcase to right. Eaves and gables castellated with heavy plain pinnacles on the corners. Central tablet reads "This School was erected by Thomas Legh
Esq., A.D. 1823". Small addition to left in keeping. Interior: Altered into single rooms on both storeys after a fire, no original features survive.

Listing NGR: SJ9749384579

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524935

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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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas