Description

ACTON BURNELL C.P., ACTON BURNELL,
SJ 50 SW,
6/14

The Old School House

GV

II

Shown on O.S. map as school.
School, now house. 1815 with additions of circa 1845. Rendered and
lined as ashlar, probably over coursed sandstone rubble; hipped slate
roof. Gothick style. One storey. High plinth, projecting end piers,
external brick end stack to left and brick ridge stack to rear wing.
1:4 bays; three windows to right with intersecting Gothick tracery and
raised architraves with impost blocks and keystones, that in centre a
taller C20 wooden replacement with blocked architrave and larger
keystone; mid-C19 gabled porch projecting at right-angles to left has
cast iron Gothick window to front and segmental-headed boarded door in
right-hand return front with side-light to right and chamfered reveals.
Cast iron Gothick window in right-hand return front of main block.
Mid-C19 one-storey and attic and 2-storey wing at rear. Interior:
roof with arch-braced collar trusses and king posts above. V.C.H.,
Vol. VIII, p.6.

Listing NGR: SJ5301402000

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26594405

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2