Description

SK 16 SW SHEEN C.P. SHEEN

6/117
- School and attached
School House

GV II

School and school house. Circa 1851, by C.W. Burleigh, and possibly
some work by Butterfield. Coursed rough-faced stone with dressed
details; blue machine tile roofs. Gothic asymmetric plan of two-
butted inverted 'T' shapes, short and broad to school side. Side and
end stacks. School: tall gabled single-storey frontage, well set back
return adjoining house on right with entrance under catslide, outshut
to left and angle buttress to right; gable has two pairs of trefoil-
headed lights with trefoil in apex over; stepped slit vents following
pitch line of outshut. Pair of stacks on side elevation very much in
the style of Butterfield. Further trefoil light to rear. School House:
single-storey and attic, two-window frontage with gabled projection to
left, balancing school; low entrance porch in return angle; small-
pane mullioned casements, two-light (one half dormer) to first floor
and three-light to ground floor.

Listing NGR: SK1131861450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26289909

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)