Description

SE 3519 and SE 3520 WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH HEATH COMMON
(south side)

6/83 Cobbler's Hall and
22.11.66 Heath Post Office
(previously listed as
GV "Cobbler's Hall)

II

Former school, now altered to 3 dwellings, c1740. Hammer-dressed stone, stone
slate roof. 2 storeys. 5-bay symmetrical facade. Raised ashlar quoins and band.
Doorway with raised monolithic jambs has casement-moulded cornice and glazed
overlight. All bays have 12-pane sash windows with raised plain-stone surrounds.
Hipped roof with two large original brick stacks to rear pitch. Rear: 3 bays of
windows with flush surrounds; 3rd bay has doorway with overlight. Set between
2nd and 3rd bays is tall stair-window at mezzanine level, much reduced in size.
2-bay returns. Left-hand return has doorways made out of ground-floor windows.

Interior: much remodelled. Fluted architraves on doorcases in front rooms. Main
staircase at back, where all rooms have had corner fireplaces.

From 1749 to the 1780s this was a finishing school for young men destined for the
army and navy. It was the village post office for a time. Tradition is that
there was once a third storey.

Listing NGR: SE3550819971

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428932

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)