Description

ST0827 WIVELISCOMBE CP ROTTEN ROW (South side)

8/78 Old Church Hall and School
(St Andrews Church)

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GV II

Church hall and school, disused. Circa 1841, with C17 reused elements. Red
sandstone random rubble masonry with the elevations fronting the Churchyard
rendered, Welsh slate roofs. L-shaped 2 storey block with basement below the
cross-wing (Church hall). Latter has a more steeply pitched roof than the
school, with a coped gable and 2 storey canted bay containing mullioned and
transomed windows in Ham stone, (probably C16 re-used). Entrance in the right
return angle with a Tudor style doorway with square headed dripmould and stops,
and above diamond-shaped panel with bishops mitre and rose, taken from the
Bishops Palace (q.v.). Pair of 4 light mullion and transom windows on the first
floor, both blocked in the lower half. The school has wooden casements on both
front and rear elevations, leaded casements on 2 end bays facing churchyard.
Tongue and groove, squared headed doorways onto Rotten Row. Interior of school,
re-used C16 moulded wooden ceiling.

Listing NGR: ST0824827698

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26554428

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)