Description

PARISH OF WEST HALLAM SCHOOL SQUARE
SK 44 SW
2/104 (South Side)
The Old School
II

School, now two cottages. 1832. Red brick with gritstone
dressings. Plain tile roof, stone coped gables with moulded
kneelers. Brick ridge stack and truncated gable stack. Single
storey. Chamfered plinth. North elevation of five bays. The
right hand bay is two storeys and was the master's house. It
projects, forming an L-plan. No windows to the ground floor and
a 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion window above with
returned hoodmould. The return elevation has a similar 3-light
window. Symmetrical elevation of school to left. Full height
gabled porch in the centre has a Tudor arched doorway with
square hoodmould. Panelled door and overlight. Sunk panel
above with an inscription about the funding of the school.
Stone panel above again with AD 1832 inscribed in relief.
Flanked on each side by a 2-light and a 3-light recessed and
chamfered mullion window with returned hoodmoulds. The windows
have decorative geometrical patterned leading.

Listing NGR: SK4311141197

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433204

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)