Description

SOUTH PETHERTON CP ST JAMES'S STREET (West side, off) ST4316 7/159 Church Rooms formerly listed as Old School (Boys)) 19.4.61

GV II

Former Church School, now meeting rooms. Dated 1828. Ham stone rubble, ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof between stepped coped gables; brick chimney stacks to north gable. Two storeys, 2 bays. Plinth; chamfer-mullioned windows in chamfered recesses, of 3 lights, with horizontal-bar insert, no label; between upper windows an oval plaque inscribed 'Built by subscription 1828'. On north gable two 2-light windows at ground floor level, and from approach steps to north-east gate of the Church of SS Peter and Paul (q.v.) a plain basement doorway; modern casement window above. From south gable a wing wall with coping extends southwards, masking a lean-to building, with 2 boarded doors in cambered-arched doorways, and high in the south gable a 4-light mullioned window with gable vent over. Interior not seen. Built as the boys charity school and Sunday School; it was replaced by larger buildings in 1879. Much of the cost actually borne by the vicar, Henry Bond, and J.B.Edmonds, who provided also the site and the stone. (VCH, Vol III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4325816880

External Links

• Wikidata Q26582711

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (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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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings