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Former National School

A Grade II Listed Building in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9908 / 51°59'26"N

Longitude: -2.161 / 2°9'39"W

OS Eastings: 389039

OS Northings: 232498

OS Grid: SO890324

Mapcode National: GBR 1JR.0H3

Mapcode Global: VH93T.H7D5

Plus Code: 9C3VXRRQ+8H

Entry Name: Former National School

Listing Date: 27 July 1973

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1205636

English Heritage Legacy ID: 376689

ID on this website: 101205636

Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20

County: Gloucestershire

District: Tewkesbury

Civil Parish: Tewkesbury

Built-Up Area: Tewkesbury

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Tewkesbury St Mary the Virgin (Tewkesbury Abbey)

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 June 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards

SO8932
859-1/6/109

TEWKESBURY
CHURCH STREET (South side)
No 51

(Formerly listed as No.51 National School)

27/07/73

GV
II

Former school, now Abbey Office. Founded 1813, built 1817, enlarged 1842. Limestone ashlar, slate hipped roof behind parapet. Tudor Gothic style. Lofty free-standing rectangular block in two storeys, threexfour-windowed, all two-light stone recessed chamfered-mullion and transom casements to flush surrounds under stopped drip courses.

Front to Church Street has centre bay slightly brought forward, with pair of plank doors on four sandstone steps in four-centred arch with stopped drip and decorative spandrels. Above this is raised commemorative panel under stopped drip, inscribed: NATIONAL SCHOOL FOUNDED 1813 ENLARGED 1842. Plinth, enriched coved cornice with florets and two gargoyles, blocking course and saddle back parapet.

Side to Abbey Churchyard similar, no door; left return, to alley, in rough coursed squared stone, five scattered windows without enrichment. Far left is six-panel flush beaded door to segmental voussoirs, on one sandstone step. Back partly concealed by timber-framed 1842 extension has two windows visible at first floor.

INTERIOR not inspected.

HISTORICAL NOTE: the building is in part on the site of the former detached belfry to the Abbey (demolished in 1816) and completed at a cost of ยป1345.8.3. Bennett (The History of Tewkesbury, 1830) describes it as ".. a very neat and substantial structure ..".

Listing NGR: SO8903932498

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