Description

SJ 67 NE GREAT BUDWORTH C.P. SCHOOL LANE
South Side

6/97 The Old Schoolhouse
(formerly listed as The
30/6/58 Old School)

GV II*

School, now craft shop and meeting room, 1600 for Sir John Deane.
Irregular bond small brown brick with red sandstone dressings;
stone-slate roof; oak-framed end-gables. 2 storeys, I room;
rectangular. Sandstone plinth; flush quoins to corners and door
jambs. lower storey has two 4-light windows to front and back, two
5-light windows to upper storey at front; a 5-light window to lower
storey in each gable-end and to upper storey in right gable-end. All
windows are leaded and have bevelled lintels and jambs with a
rectangular groove, flush steeply weathered cills, and recessed
bevelled mullions. Oak cross-boarded door. Lateral chimney of 1 flue
at rear.
Interior: Inserted boarded partition divides stair from shop; 2 ovolo
beams, 1 stopped; oak stair of 1 flight with winders at top has plain
newel, large moulded rail and 1 heavy vase baluster per step; 2
internal trusses of oak with kingposts and separated raking ties and
mortices for attic floor, removed; oak purlins with curved windbraces;
balustrade to landing; floor replaced in softwood.

Listing NGR: SJ6649877574

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551915

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)