Description

BLAKNEY MAIN STREET
TF 0660 (east side)

7/7
The Old school

GV II

School, now parish room. 1848 by W A Nicholson. Coursed limestone rubble with
ashlar dressings. Slate roof with ashlar coped gables and moulded kneelers. A
pair of octagonal Tudor style white brick ridge stacks. White brick plinth. T-
plan. Single storey. Main, east front, 5 bays with off-centre doorway, with
cont;emporary door, and ashlar moulded 4 centred arched surround. To the left, three
3-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows topped with curved gables which
project through the eaves and are surmounted by 3 ball finials each. To the right
a slightly projecting single gabled bay, with a large 3-light recessed and chamfered
cross mullion windows under a dripmould. The north 2 bay front, has another 4
centred arched doorway to the left and to the right a large 4-light recessed and
chamfered cross mullion square bay window with stone hipped roof. Above, on the
roof is a wooden bell canopy with a pyramidal fishscale tile hipped roof. This
building is part of the complete estate village erected by the Chaplin family of
Blankney Hall.

Listing NGR: TF0678460185

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317504

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014