Description

SY 78 NW WEST KNIGHTON

6/81 Old Schoolhouse
and Old School
26.1.56
II
GV

Former Schoolhouse and attached School, now two private dwellings.
Dated HB 1865. Dressed stone walls and ashlar quoins. Clay tile
roof with gable ends and gabled to front, stone gable copings and
ovolo moulded kneelers. Stone stacks with heavy capstones at left
gable, and at right inner gable. Schoolhouse: two storeys,
three windows, 2 : 1 : 2, straight chamfered stone mullions with
separate returned labels over, cast iron casements with lozenge pattern
of glazing bars. Doorway at centre has a depressed arch
head and straight chamfered jambs, plank door with strap hinges,
separate label over. School: one storey, three windows, 3 : 2
cross transomed: 3 lights with separate returned labels. C20 metal
casements with lozenge leaded lights. Projecting bellcote in bay 2
has weathered buttresses and capstones. Porch entrance at south end
of front wall gabled with a clock in the gable, entrance has a two
centred head and separate label, plank door C20.

Listing NGR: SY7332787679

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26412576

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Recommended Books

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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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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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