Description

TRURO

SW8244NW ST GEORGE'S ROAD
880-1/6/280 (South side)
Dorothy School

GV II

Schoolroom next to Church of St George (qv). c1860. Killas
rubble with granite dressings. Steep dry Delabole slate roof,
granite stack over gable, larger stone stack near south gable,
cast-iron ogee gutter. Rectangular plan. Tudor Revival style.
North gable end has central 5-light mullioned window with
relieving arch over. C20 wing to right. One-window west range
has C20 wing on left, central 3-light window and blocked
chamfered doorway on the right. One-window east range has
3-light wooden transomed mullioned window towards left and
lean-to porch at far left with pair of V-jointed boarded doors
on its right. Roof sweeps lower to right of window to meet
flat-roofed wing in front with central flat-headed chamfered
doorway; 2-light window to right-hand return. INTERIOR:
original corbelled granite fireplace in north-east corner and
wall posts on corbels to roof structure otherwise hidden by
C20 ceiling. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SW8207544935

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569536

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey