Description

TAVISTOCK
SX4874 DOLVIN ROAD
78- /4/10010 (West side)

St Rumons Primary
School

GV II

School. 1845-7, for the Duke of Bedford estate. Coursed and squared local stone with
gabled slate roof Planned with classroom wings flanking central assembly hall. One
storey. 5-window front, with outer projecting wings having gables facing street.
Limestone dressings to doorway in projecting central bay. Voussoirs to relieving arches
over mullioned 3-light windows flanking doorway and mullioned and transomed 3-light
windows to inner returns and front gables of-outer wings; latter have kneelers to stone
copings with single-light louvred windows to apexes; 3-light dormers to centre. Altered
to side elevations, similar fenestration to rear. Interior noted as having retained original
timber open roofs. Included for historical and group value, particularly for the
contribution which the facade makes to an important planned urban group of model
cottages.

Listing NGR: SX4836174512

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553939

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)