Description

SK 68 NW BLYTH HIGH STREET
(east side)

2/46 S t John's
(Formerly listed as
The Old School)

4.1.52
G.V. II

Cottage, former Village School, and former Hospital of Saint
John the Evangelist, refounded in 1226, rebuilt on this site in
1446 with older material. The windows were altered in the C17
and C20. Coursed rubble with ashlar quoins. Pantile roof, stone
coped gables with kneelers and single finial to the right ridge,
2 brick gable stacks. Single storey plus garret, 4 bays. Set
on a chamfered plinth. The doorway with wooden door and iron
fitments has a C13 ashlar surround with dog tooth ornament to the
jambs and segmental arch, there is a hood mould over. To the
left is a C20 casement with cavetto hood mould. To the right are
2 similar casements and hood moulds. The east gable has a C17
blocked stone mullion window in the garret. The north front has
a C17 5 light stone mullion window to the left and evidence of
further, now blocked, mullion windows.

Listing NGR: SK6260686836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651605

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)