Description

TM 49 NE
4/31

SOMERLEYTON
THE GREEN
County Primary School

GV
II

Primary school. 1845, by John Thomas for Sir Morton Peto; right hand wing
altered early C20 and with mid C20 additions. Roughcast render on brick, with
applied timbering. Thatched roof except right wing which is plaintiled.
Picturesque style. 2-storey octagonal centre block, formerly the
schoolmaster's house; attached to the right and left of this are the 2 school
rooms; to the front and rear are smaller wings, formerly the entrance porch
and schoolmaster's sitting room respectively. Mullion and transom casement
windows, many retaining the original lead lattice cames. The right wing has
later small-paned casement windows, mainly as half-dormers. Small gabled open
timber porch to left wing. The 4 shorter faces of the central block are
gabled: each has a 4-light window at ground floor and a 2-light window at
first floor. This block has 2 stacks with groups of enriched circular flues,
one at the roof apex. There are 3 other stacks, 2 rebuilt in plain form.
Part of the planned estate village built around the green for Sir Morton Peto
to the designs of Thomas.

Listing NGR: TM4854497465

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572890

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)