Description

TF 91 NE GRESSENHALL CHURCH LANE (east side)

3/15 Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House

- II

School and School House. Central inscription: "Erected by John David Hay Hill Esq. of Gressenhall Hall A.D. 1842". Brick with painted stone dressings. Slate roofs. Irregular plan with adjoining School House to north. 2 -storey and 3-bay house with slightly advanced gabled centre bay with a 3-light mullion and transom first floor Gothic window beneath a 4-centred arch. Blank shield in gable. 5 3-light flat-headed windows with arched lights beneath rectangular hood moulds. Pair of identical doorways at junction with school with 4-centred arches and boarded doors with ornate hinges. Axial stack with sawtooth cornice and narrow pilaster strips. Single storeyed school. Slightly advanced gabled centre bay with a Gothic window similar to central window of house. Flanked by one 2-light and one 3-light flat-headed windows with arched lights beneath rectangular hood moulds. Pair of octagonal chimney shafts. Various extensions to rear.

Listing NGR: TF9602815366

External Links

• Wikidata Q26461865

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