Description

ILMINSTER

ST3414 SILVER STREET
1939-1/6/114 (South side)
29/07/76 Greenfylde School

GV II

School. Dated 1878. Rough Ham Hill stone ashlar and rusticated
blue lias stone bands, with crested slate roof. Shallow
U-shape plan with long rear range to the right, backing onto
Wharf Lane. Gothic Revival style.
EXTERIOR: Single storey. 2 stepped-forward gables flank the
facade. The left gable has paired 2-light windows with
mullions and transoms, pointed trefoil heads to each light and
plain quatrefoil lights to the tops, under hoodmoulds with
foliate stops; a pierced cross in apex of the gable. The gable
to the right has one 3-light window with pointed trefoil heads
below a similar hoodmould and a plain slit window in the apex.
The central set-back range has a planked door with elaborate
strap hinges to the left; right-of-centre is a forward stack,
offset, with a C20 rebuilt top; set in the stack is a
decorative recessed panel with the date A.D.1878 under a
hoodmould; flanking the chimney are pairs of 2-light windows
similar to the others but without hoodmoulds. A plinth and a
string course, at sill level with head-stops flanking the
door, span the whole facade. The left wing and the centre have
rough bands of blue lias.
Set diagonally, close to the south-west angle of the ridge, is
a belfry; it has a slate-hung base, turned corner pillars with
louvres between and a steep slate pyramidal roof topped by a
wrought-iron finial; this has 4 drooping leaves to the base, a
ball to the centre with a crown above and a smaller ball to
the top.
The rear elevation reflects the front, with a left-of-centre
gable which has an elaborate wrought-iron finial. The long
rear wing, to the west, in similar style with 2-light
cross-windows and gabled porches to the side, Decorated-style
gable end window and 3 ornamental vents to the ridge.
INTERIOR not inspected.
HISTORY: the school was built to replace the original one in
Court Barton (qv) which then became Ilminster Girls' Grammar
School. A robust and richly detailed example of a Gothic
Revival school.

Listing NGR: ST3597514455

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503751

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)