Description

BLANCHLAND BLANCHLAND VILLAGE
NY 9650

24/21 Old School

GV II

School, now private art gallery and house. c.1860 probably by S.S. Teulon.
Coursed rubble with cut quoins and dressings, green slate roof. Irregular
cruciform plan. Free C13 style. Front elevation 1 storey, 5 bays, irregular.
Bay 2 has projectbigable with transomed 3-light window and finial cross;
stepped stack with ornate terracotta pot on left return. Flanking lower gabled
porches with pointed arches and trefoiled finials; that to left now glazed,
that to right holds door with decorative ironwork. Low block with coped left
gable behind left porch. Full-height block behind right porch continues 2 bays
to right, with paired lancets, block corbel table to eaves and coped right gable.
Single-stepped buttresses; kneelers with sunk trefoiled panels; gabled dormers
with slatted vents; all roofs steeply pitched. Returns show similar fenestration.
The roof of the central cross-wing (bay 2) was formerly capped by a tall wooden
bellcote. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NY9655550433

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297508

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas