Description

GREAT WITCOMBE GREAT WITCOMBE VILLAGE
SO 91 SW

7/99 The School House

GV II

Former school house. Built 1843 by R. Pace of Lechlade (q.v. The
Lodge, Birdlip). Coursed and dressed limestone; slate roof with
cream-coloured brick stack. Rectangular plan with a projecting
porch on the south side. C20 brick extension to rear, not of
special interest. Two storeys. South front: projecting gabled
2-storey porch with a 4-centred arched entrance and moulded hood
with plain shield stops; arms of the Hicks family on the gable;
plank door with fillets within the porch; 2-light stone-mullioned
window with pointed-headed lights and carved spandrels to the right
of the projecting porch; similar smaller window above, two similar
windows to the left gable end; similar windows and plank door with
fillets and glazed panel at the rear. Gable-end stack. Interior
not inspected. (Witcombe Estate)

Listing NGR: SO9106014756

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445715

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas