Description

GREAT TEW THE GREEN
SP3929 (South side)
10/78 School and Schoolhouse
27/08/56 (Formerly listed as School)
GV II

School and schoolhouse. 1852. Coursed squared marlstone with ashlar dressings;
Stonesfield-slate roofs with limestone ashlar stacks. 2 L-shaped ranges around a
small courtyard. To left of front, shorter wing of schoolroom range has a gabled
stone porch with arched entrance between 2-light stone-mullioned windows with
lattice glazing and labels; left gable has a large canopied bellcote above a
4-light stone mullioned-and-transomed window; 5-window rear wing has 2-light
mullioned-and-transomed windows, all with labels, and another 4-light window in
the rear gable wall. Shorter wing of schoolhouse range is set back to right of
the front, behind later flat-roofed extensions, and returns on right with
stone-mullioned windows of 3, 1 and 2 lights below stone-gabled dormers of 2, 1
and 2 lights, all with labels and lattice glazing. Rear gable wall has a 2-light
mullioned window above a canted 4-light bay window with stone mullions and
crenellated stone roof. Roofs have gable parapets with carved kneelers and
clusters of octagonal stacks with moulded caps. Interior not inspected.
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI, p.225; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.627).

Listing NGR: SP3958129252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304294

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)