Description

BOSTON

TF3243NE SOUTH END
716-1/10/160 (East side)
27/05/49 No.1
Old School House
(Formerly Listed as:
SOUTH END
(East side)
No.1
School House)

GV II

Headmaster's house, now flats. 1827, extended late C19,
altered C20. Gault brick in Flemish bond, Westmorland slate
roof with lead dressings. Stone coped gables with 2 brick
stacks. Rear and sides in red brick, with slate roofs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus basement and garret, 3-bay front,
centre bay advanced slightly with open pediment, plain end
pilasters, pinth, 1st floor sill band, paired dentilled
cornice. Central 8-panel door up 5 steps, with plain overlight
with open pedimented doorcase having engaged fluted half-round
Doric columns. Panelled reveals.
Flanked by single bordered glazing bar sashes. To the basement
2, and 1st floor 3, smaller similar windows. All except
basement have cambered wedge stucco lintels with fluted
keystones. In the pediment the triple crown Boston emblem.
To the rear, on the right, a single-storey extension
containing a 6-panel door with plain fanlight, contemporary
lion's head door knocker. C19 red brick extensions, 3 storeys
with glazing bar sashes.
INTERIOR: retains some contemporary joinery.

Listing NGR: TF3288843721

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668437

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments