Description

ST51236 KINGSDON CP COPPER BEECH ROAD (West side)

1/94 Kingsdon C of E Primary School
and toilet block to south west,
also pump to east
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GV II

School, opened 1872. Local lias stone cut and squared; plain clay tiled roof with bands of scallop tiles, saw tooth ridge, plain overhung gables; stone chimney stack. T-plan, with extension; single storey. North-east elevation 3 bays,
of which bay 3 is a projecting gable, bays 1 and 2 are a lean-to against the main fabric: horizontal bar casement windows under stone lintels to lean-to; bay 3 has a segmental pointed arched window with 3-light traceried timber casement with trefoil heads to lights. South-east elevation has similar gable with a 4-light window, crowned with a timber bell turret with half-hipped cedar shingle roof. Interior not seen. About 4 metres south the separate toilet block, to match but with monopitch roofs, included for the completeness of the relatively unspoilt complex; also in the east angle of the school a cast iron pump with handle, about 300 mm from the building. (VCH, Vol III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST5167126156

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26517472

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings