Description

DILTON MARSH HIGH STREET
ST 84 NW
(south side)
7/111 Dilton Marsh Junior School
23.3.87
GV II
Junior school. 1840s, probably by T.H. Wyatt. Coursed rubble
stone, fishscale tiled roof with coped verges and brick stacks. L-
plan. Single storey. Main range has gabled porch with pointed
doorway to left with one single and two 3-light chamfered mullioned
casements and blocked Tudor-arched doorway to right. Wing
projecting to left has 4-light mullioned and transomed window to
gable end with gabled porch with pointed doorway to left, gabled
bellcote to apex of gable. Parallel wing set back to left has 3-
light mullioned and transomed window to gable end with trefoil
over, ashlar octagonal stack. Left return has 3-light mullioned
and transomed window with gable over. Rear of main range has two
2-light mullioned windows to full dormers, gable end of wing to
right has 4-light mullioned and transomed window. C20 additions
attached to rear.
Interior retains original joinery and open roof trusses, partly
visible below inserted ceilings. Good example of village school,
built adjacent to the Church of Holy Trinity (q.v.) and sharing
similar details, such as roofing.

Listing NGR: ST8488649716

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26475979

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)