Description

ST 92 NW WEST TISBURY NEWTOWN

1884/4/10000 Newtown Village Hall

GV II

School, used as parish hall. 1846, altered C20. Limestone ashlar. Clay plain and fishscale tile roof with stone coped gable ends with kneelers. PLAN: 2-cell plan, with slightly smaller east range like a chancel of a small Medieval church, a bellcote over the west end and a porch on the north front of the nave. Small C20 flat roof extension at rear [S] of east range. EXTERIOR: Single-storey. 1:2 window north front, the 2-window west range to right has central gabled ashlar porch with segmental arch doorway and plank door; to left and right a chamfered round-headed window with diamond lattice panes; similar window to left with later casement inserted. Similar, but 3-light round-headed lattice window in east end, and single-light windows at rear [S]. West gable end has similar 3-light window and small stone bellcote over gable above. INTERIOR not inspected. NOTE: There is a conveyance of 1846 by John Benett of Pythouse to Fanny Benett and the Marquess of Westminster for a school to be built on this site.

Listing NGR: ST9169829007

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665494

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)