Description

SWERFORD BETWEEN TOWNS
SP3731
9/179 Church House

- II
School house and schoolroom, now house. Early C18. Coursed squared marlstone
with ashlar dressings; concrete plain-tile roofs with rendered gable stack.
L-plan house with adjoining hall. 2 storeys. Symmetrical front of house has a
central 4-panel door between 2-light casements and has a 3-light casement at
first floor, all with chamfered stone surrounds and projecting keyblocks; lower
keyblocks rise to a horizontal string. Roof has gable parapets with a stack to
right and the stump of a bellcote to left. Small single-storey hall, now part of
house, adjoins to left, breaking forward with a further chamfered doorway in its
right return wall. Front gable wall has a 3-light stone mullioned-and-transomed
window with label and lattice glazing which may be a late C19 alteration. Rear
wing of house has leaded casements. Interior: house has a stop-chamfered beam
and a large blocked fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP3743831170

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304258

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version