Description

SE 10 NW WILSHAW ROAD
(Wilshaw)
4/62
Village Hall and No 36

II

G.V.

Former school and school master's house now village hall and private
residence. 1873 by John Kirk, for Joseph Hirst. Hammer dressed stone.
Pitched slate roof with shaped gableg, large pyramidal finials and
one ball finial. The house adjoins at 90?. School single storey, house two
storeys. The school has Tudor arched entrance with inscription: "St Mary's
Schools". Shaped gable over, formerly with bell on bracket. Three 2-light
chamfered windows to left, one to right. One 6-light mullioned and transomed
window to left gable. To right of facade is entrance to house and then the
two storey gable end to the house with shaped gable with ball finial. One
2-light chamfered window to each floor with drip moulds with label stops.
The main facade of the house is symmetrical and of 3-bays. Three 2-light
chamfered windows to each floor, those to ground floor with drip moulds
as before, and those to 1st floor extending above eaves level, as dormers,
with gabled roofs.

Listing NGR: SE1178609690

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479498

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)