Description

SJ 68 NW WALTON C.P. WALTON HALL PARK

3/62 1 & 2 Bridge House

II

Two houses (formerly Schoolhouse and Schoolmaster's House) 1838 for
the Walton Hall Estate. Stone-dressed Flemish bond brown brick with
steep gabled roofs of Westmorland green slate and diminishing chimneys
with octagonal flues. A picturesque T-shaped block; the schoolhouse,
left, forms the T-head and the schoolmaster's house, right, the leg.
The schoolhouse is of 2 storeys plus attic with 2 windows to lower
storeys and one (in gable) to attic; the schoolmaster's house has
projecting gabled porch with Jacobean doorway, a window to each side
and 2 gabled half-dormers. Projecting sandstone plinths. Timber
mullioned and transomed windows with leaded glazing in octagonal and
diamond panes in iron casements (including hipped bay at side of
schoolhouse). School closets and wash-house with hipped graded slate
roof and shaped chimney, attached to schoolhouse by yard walls at
rear. Interior. Bolection-moulded 4-panel doors; simple staircases;
moulded plaster cornice to former schoolroom (with bay window).

Listing NGR: SJ6002985125

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614990

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas