Description

GREAT BEDWYN CHURCH STREET
SU 26 SE
(north-west side)
11/92 School

II
Schoolrooms, 1835, patron the Marquess of Ailesbury. Ashlar
limestone with tiled roof. Single-storey, 2 classrooms end to end
with central porch with inner doors to each room. Later infants
block attached to rear. Steeply gabled projecting porch with
studded timber door under Tudor arch. Fanlights in spandrils.
Ailesbury Arms in crowned garter and scroll in relief over. Two 2-
light windows with chamfered surrounds and label mould either side,
and similar but taller windows in gables. Internally on rear wall,
painted map 1841 of the 2 world hemispheres, British possessions
outlined in red; poor condition and covered over at the time of
survey (February 1985).

Listing NGR: SU2775764439

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587659

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)