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Church of England Primary School including playground area wall immediately to west

A Grade II Listed Building in Great Chesterford, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0632 / 52°3'47"N

Longitude: 0.1972 / 0°11'49"E

OS Eastings: 550716

OS Northings: 242817

OS Grid: TL507428

Mapcode National: GBR MBG.NP0

Mapcode Global: VHHKX.CDLP

Plus Code: 9F42357W+7V

Entry Name: Church of England Primary School including playground area wall immediately to west

Listing Date: 27 April 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1239840

English Heritage Legacy ID: 417854

ID on this website: 101239840

Location: Great Chesterford, Uttlesford, Essex, CB10

County: Essex

District: Uttlesford

Civil Parish: Great Chesterford

Built-Up Area: Great Chesterford

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Great Chesterford All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

Tagged with: School building

Summary


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 January 2025 to amend the architect's name and reformat the text to current standards.

TL 54 SW
28/10003

GREAT CHESTERFORD
SCHOOL STREET (east side)
Church of England Primary School including playground area wall immediately to west

GV
II
National School. 1845-49 by L.N. Cottingham, and completed by N.J. Cottingham. Probably extended later in C19. Knapped flint with limestone dressings, on gault brick plinth. Steeply pitched clay tile roof with bands of fishscale tiles. Stone coped gable ends with gableted kneelers and finials. Large axial flint stacks with diagonally-set brick shafts.

Plan: cruciform plan. Master's house in north range with hall and school rooms in cross-wings to south and pair of small lavatory wings on north end of master's house. The cross-wing may be a later C19 addition. Gothic style.

Exterior: one storey and attic and single storey cross-wing and south range to right. 3:2:2 windows. One-, two- and three-light ogee-headed windows with wrought-iron stanchions and bars; to left three gabled dormers with cusped bargeboards and wrought-iron finials. Gabled cross-wing to right of centre with elaborate large buttress between two depressed two-centre arch windows and with cusped ventilator in gable above and porch in angle to left with depressed two-centre arch doorway and studded door with wrought-iron hinges. Similar rear (east) elevation. South gable end has three-light window with reticulated tracery. At north end two small single storey lavatory wings with monopitch roofs. Four-centre arch doorways and two-light ogee-headed windows.

Interior: hall has eight-bay roof of seven-cant trusses with upper curved V-struts and blocked shoulder-headed fireplace.

Including: playground area wall to west, gault brick with panels of flint and saddle-back coping.

Source: drawings in Essex Record Office.

Listing NGR: TL5071642817

Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 January 2025 to amend the architect's name and reformat the text to current standards.

TL 54 SW
28/10003

GREAT CHESTERFORD
SCHOOL STREET (east side)
Church of England Primary School including playground area wall immediately to west

GV
II
National School. 1845-49 by L.N. Cottingham, and completed by N.J. Cottingham. Probably extended later in C19. Knapped flint with limestone dressings, on gault brick plinth. Steeply pitched clay tile roof with bands of fishscale tiles. Stone coped gable ends with gableted kneelers and finials. Large axial flint stacks with diagonally-set brick shafts.

Plan: cruciform plan. Master's house in north range with hall and school rooms in cross-wings to south and pair of small lavatory wings on north end of master's house. The cross-wing may be a later C19 addition. Gothic style.

Exterior: one storey and attic and single storey cross-wing and south range to right. 3:2:2 windows. One-, two- and three-light ogee-headed windows with wrought-iron stanchions and bars; to left three gabled dormers with cusped bargeboards and wrought-iron finials. Gabled cross-wing to right of centre with elaborate large buttress between two depressed two-centre arch windows and with cusped ventilator in gable above and porch in angle to left with depressed two-centre arch doorway and studded door with wrought-iron hinges. Similar rear (east) elevation. South gable end has three-light window with reticulated tracery. At north end two small single storey lavatory wings with monopitch roofs. Four-centre arch doorways and two-light ogee-headed windows.

Interior: hall has eight-bay roof of seven-cant trusses with upper curved V-struts and blocked shoulder-headed fireplace.

Including: playground area wall to west, gault brick with panels of flint and saddle-back coping.

Source: drawings in Essex Record Office.

Listing NGR: TL5071642817

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