Description

SOUTH HIENDLEY CHURCH LANE
SE31SE
(west side) Felkirk
4/62 The Old Schoolroom
25.3.1968
GV II

Schoolroom, now parish room. Probably C16 (but see History, below). Coursed
squared sandstone, stone slate roof. Rectangular single-cell plan. Single
storey; symmetrical 2-bay south front has moulded Tudor-arched doorway in the
centre, board door with ornamental strap hinges; 2 buttresses flanking the
doorway, and in each bay a recessed mullioned window of 5 Tudor-arched lights
with hollow spandrels, and hoodmould. External chimney stack at left gable,
embraced by low added outbuilding. Rear wall has 2 inserted 3-light casement
windows.
Interior: altered, roof concealed by ceiling.
History: Prudence, wife of Richard Berrie and neice of Sir Richard Gargrave
of Kinsley, endowed school in mid C17; mentioned in l660 as free school for
manor of Havercroft. Reference: Kate Taylor Wakefield District Heritage,
(Wakefield, 1976) Vol II p.55.

Listing NGR: SE3871912616

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26556036

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair