Description

HENTLAND CP HOARWITHY
SO 52 NW
3/74 Church House 20 yards
east of the Church of
St Catherine

GV II

Schoolroom and schoolhouse, now unoccupied. Circa 1865. Sandstone ashlar
dressings and rubble, brick with hipped slate roofs, brick and sandstone
stacks. Rectangular plan with main elevation to east. Two storeys and
attic. East elevation has 1:1:1 windows, single light to left gable front,
sexfoil above central entry and 3-light mullioned window to right hand side;
ground floor left hand window has single light, with weathered buttress to
left corner; right hand side has full-height canted bay and hipped roof but
with no angle windows, ground floor window is 3-light mullioned with single
transom and relieving arch. Neo-Romanesque centre with one column and leaved
capital dividing two trefoiled heads. Under the right trefoil a square-
headed entrance doorway with rounded shoulders, door with three rows of three
panels has top three glazed in form of lancets; left trefoil has stairs rising
to south, leading to panelled door to schoolroom. South elevation has reliev-
ing arches above two storeys of mullioned windows, the upper with staggered
mullions and with entry to right under chamfered and pointed arch. Interior
of schoolroom has two-bay roof with collar truss, angle struts from king-
strut above collar and principals supported by braces; friezes around wall-
plate level have painted panels of animals, flowers and birds, including
monkey and goats. The schoolroom is very conspicuous from the opposite
bank of the river to east and south from where it forms an important element
in the setting of the Church of St Catherine (qv).

Listing NGR: SO5460429409

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509467

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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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)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)