Description

CROSTON CHURCH STREET
SD 41 NE
8/68 School in churchyard of Church
of St. Michael (Formerly listed
17.4.67 as School in Churchyard of
GV St Michael and All Angels)
II

School, rebuilt 1827. Squared sandstone, slate roofs. In 3 parts, forming
canted enclosure to south side of churchyard: 3-bay 2-storey main block
built over pathway to bridge with canted single-storey wing on the left,
and lower 2-storey 4-bay continuation to right. In Tudor style.
Symmetrical main block has passage through the centre with 2-centred
archway enclosed by a square hoodmould with carved quatrefoils in the
spandrels, a 3-light mullioned window each side of the arch and similar
windows of 3,2, and 3 lights at 1st floor, steeply pitched roof, massive
external chimney at left gable with clustered flues, and similar smaller
chimney at right gable with coupled flues. Single-storey canted left wing
has mullioned window with hoodmould. Two storey extension to right has 4
square windows with hoodmoulds on each floor, all with altered glazing, and
in centre of 1st floor 2 datestones, one above the other, lettered in
relief:
IAMES
HIET
VICAR
AND:RE
CTOR
1660

and THIS SCHOOL
WAS REBUILT BY
SUBSCRIPTION
A.D. MDCCCXXVII

Rear has archway matching that at front, and wings to the flanking bays,
the 1st canted, a continuous dripcourse, and an arched doorway to each
wing, etc.

Listing NGR: SD4897018390

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328240

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)