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The Pedagogue's House, King Edward VI Grammar School

A Grade I Listed Building in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1903 / 52°11'25"N

Longitude: -1.7078 / 1°42'28"W

OS Eastings: 420071

OS Northings: 254714

OS Grid: SP200547

Mapcode National: GBR 4LT.M1H

Mapcode Global: VHBY0.C60R

Plus Code: 9C4W57RR+4V

Entry Name: The Pedagogue's House, King Edward VI Grammar School

Listing Date: 25 October 1951

Last Amended: 4 April 1994

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1298548

English Heritage Legacy ID: 366201

ID on this website: 101298548

Location: Old Town, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Stratford-upon-Avon

Built-Up Area: Stratford-upon-Avon

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Stratford on Avon Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description



STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2054NW CHURCH STREET
604-1/10/51 (South East side)
25/10/51 The Pedagogue's House, King Edward
VI Grammar School
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STREET
(East side)
King Edward VI Grammar School; The
Old Vicarage; The Pedagogue's House)

GV I

Formerly known as: Guildhall (part) CHURCH STREET.
School house, master's house from c1553, now offices. For the
Guild of The Holy Cross. 1427-8, with later alterations;
restored 1892-5. Timber-frame with plaster and some brick
infill on ashlar plinth; tile roof with brick end stack.
4-unit plan.
2 storeys; central gabled stair wing. Wing has brick ground
floor, on brick and rubble plinth, incorporating blocked
elliptical-headed opening to left with moulded corner post and
2 blocked openings to left return. Entrance to left of wing. 2
ground-floor windows with 4-light leaded casements to right of
wing, probably blocked window to left. 1st floor has 3-light
window to left of wing, with 2-light window over entrance to
right and blocked 3-light window to left, wing has 3-light
window, all with leaded glazing. Close-studded framing with
middle rail. Right return has ovolo-mullioned windows to each
floor. Rear has late C20 range attached.
INTERIOR: 1st floor open to roof, 3 tie beam and collar
trusses, one with arch braces and one with infill; large
fireplace to left end.
One of the earliest timber-framed school buildings in the
country, for which the building accounts remain.
(Dugdale Society Occasional Papers: Fox L: The Early History
of Edward VI Grammar Sch., Stratford-upon-Avon: Oxford: 1984-;
Puddephat W: The Guild Chapel & Other Guild Buildings of
Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-upon-Avon: 1987-; VCH
(offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon and
the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 12).


Listing NGR: SP2011354695

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