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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461865

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)