Description

CHURCH ROAD
1.
5390
Ashford
TQ 07 SE 4/41 Welsh School
II GV

2.
1857. Architect Henry Clutton. Gothic; partly Ruskin inspired. Main block
two and a half storeys ragstone with Bath stone dressings and quoins. Plinth,
first floor cill band, cornice over first floor, steep gabled coping to dormers.
Slate roof. Two front chimneys with shaped stone stacks. Central cross gabled
clock and belfry. Ten bays to centre with gabled 2-light dormers; triple cusped
lancets below, 3 central bays with variant Gothic glazing and a parapetted
square oriel bay on first floor. Flanking lower gabled breaks with stepped
windows to gable ends and 4. dormers to returns; the west return has a pointed
relieving arch on first floor to 3 windows with shaped upper corners. Main
block has central moulded arch doorway with nook shafts and tympanum with Prince
of Wales' Feathers. Doorway flanked by smaller windows with crocketted pinnacle
shafts. Lower service ranges and 2 courtyards to rear. Later gym-block to
west not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TQ0656672179

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500097

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)