Description

SE 77 SE
5/5

AMOTHERBY WITH HILDENLEY
CHURCH STREET
(east side)
Old Schoolhouse

GV
II

Schoolhouse; now house. 1744 on datestone; extended later; raised,
remodelled and schoolroom added c1860. Squared sandstone; schoolroom of
hammer-dressed sandstone; pantile roof with brick and stone, and brick
stacks, 1 rebuilt. Originally 2-cell, direct-entry plan, extended later to
right; schoolroom added to front left. 2-storey, single window centre
front, with 2-storey, single window extension set back to right; projecting
wing to left. Plank door in segment-arched opening to centre front, and
similar door with timber lintel to extension. 2-light, 12-pane horizontal-
sliding sashes with painted stone sills and painted timber lintels to right
of both doors, and to first floor. Datestone over centre door. End and
centre right stacks. Schoolroom wing: door of 6 recessed panels in return
front, in Tudor-arched opening on chamfered jambs beneath square, stopped
hoodmould. In gabled front, two 2-light ovolo-moulded mullion and transom
windows with square, stopped hoodmoulds. In gable apex, a recessed,
uncarved panel in round-arched, chamfered surround beneath floating cornice.
Coped gable and shaped kneelers. Gable-end stack on corbels. Rear: traces
of blocked fire window visible to centre left. Interior: room to rear of
schoolroom has exposed chamfered beams and square section joists.

Listing NGR: SE7502673430

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602321

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas