Description

BURBAGE EASTCOURT SU 26 SW (west side) 2/18 School and School House II

National Schools and attached schoolmaster's house. 1856. Red and blue diaper brickwork with buff brick quoins and dressings, tiled roof. Schoolrooms at south end, 2 rooms with lean-to on gable containing secondary entrance and cloaks. Main entrance at north end against house, gabled with incised inscription over reading AD 1856 NATIONAL SCHOOLS / FEED MY LAMBS. Wide central bay gabled. Diagonal boarded doors with elaborate iron hinges. Timber windows, with large window with 2-centred head in central bay. At north end the master's house of one bay, gabled, and extended over main entrance corridor. Gables steeply pitched with trefoil vent and barge boards. To side of house, main domestic door similar to those of school. Lean-to at rear. The schoolrooms were built for 70 children initially. A gallery for infants was inserted in 1861 by the Marquis of Ailesbury.

Listing NGR: SU2326461365

External Links

• Wikidata Q26287508

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