Description

SWIMBRIDGE COBBATON
SS 62 NW
11/191 Cobbaton Cross Old School Room

II

Former school, unoccupied April 1985. 1876. Roughly coursed stone rubble with
ashlar dressings. Slate roof with gable ends. Tall lateral stack to north side
with gablets to the base of the chequered stone polygonal shaft with crenellated
lip to the tapered cap. Rectangular on plan with gabled porch with slate roof at
east gable end. Single storey. North facade has straight-headed transomed windows
to each side of stack. South side is blind. Each gable end has segmental arched
louvred openings above a 2-light transomed window with segmental arches to the
lights. East end also has projecting porch of stone and timber with slate roof.
Windows of 7 lights on north side, 3 lights with stone surround, the 4 outer lights
have timber surrounds. 6-light window to gable end with carved gable braces.
Entrance on south side has plank door to chamfered door surround, with short
buttress to left side. Above the porch is a bellcote supported on moulded console
brackets to the gable end of the main range with pointed arched bell opening.
Interior: dado matchboarding. 2 plain A-frame roof trusses with raking struts.

Listing NGR: SS6144526936

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459061

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990