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Latitude: 50.6655 / 50°39'55"N
Longitude: -2.4809 / 2°28'51"W
OS Eastings: 366111
OS Northings: 85207
OS Grid: SY661852
Mapcode National: GBR PX.PN4C
Mapcode Global: FRA 57P9.WX2
Plus Code: 9C2VMG89+6M
Entry Name: The School
Listing Date: 14 June 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1272193
English Heritage Legacy ID: 467396
ID on this website: 101272193
Location: Upwey, Dorset, DT3
County: Dorset
Electoral Ward/Division: Upwey and Broadwey
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Upwey St Laurence
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: School building
WEYMOUTH
SY6685 CHURCH STREET, Upwey
873-1/5/547 (West side)
14/06/73 The School
GV II
Former school, now community building. c1840. Squared and
coursed Portland stone, slate roof. Tudor Revival style.
PLAN: plain rectangular block to the street, with parallel
wing forming an L-plan, later wing set to internal angle.
EXTERIOR: single storey, 3-bay front to Church Street, with
4-light stone chamfered-mullion casements to labels. Gables
with coped verges; that to the right (N) is rendered, with a
pinnacle, and partly concealed by a flat-roofed porch
addition. To the left, the main gable has a lofty bellcote
with pointed arch and steep gabled top, above a stone louvred
lancet to the roof space, a small rectangular light, and plank
doors in a flush surround, all these with drip courses.
To its left, slightly set back, the later wing, with similar
detailing, has a pinnacle to the gable above a small louvred
lancet and a 4-light mullioned casement.
The front to the playground area has, to the left, the
original building, with a large 3-light chamfered-mullion
casement, without drip and a plank door to segmental head.
Coped verge and pinnacle to the left, plain verge and brick
stack, right. Then the later wing, partly concealed by
asbestos-roofed extensions.
INTERIOR: is in 4 bays, with raised king-post trusses, and
there is a large elliptical opening from the main schoolroom
to the W wing.
Listing NGR: SY6611185207
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