Description

ABBEY ROAD
1.
1625
(South East Side)
Custos Lodge at
Sherborne School
SP 6316 1/281
II GV
Eo
1853. Architects: R C Carpenter and W H Slater, probably. South front
to Quadrangle of 1 storey and attic. Plain-tile roof with stone coping
and kneelers; stone walls, ashlar quoins. To right hand above, 2-light
mullioned window with gable over each light with four-centred head, and
carved spandrels. To left hand above, small projecting corbelled chimney
stack with small single-light cusp-headed window to right hand. On ground
floor at right hand end a 2-centred stone doorway, moulded; door with cover
strips and elaborate hinges; to left hand again, a 3-light window and a
single light window, each light with four-centred head. In west gable
end, a two-light window above and below; four-centred heads to lights;
dripmoulds. Entrance to Custos Lodge through the adjoining Tower [See
Sherborne School, North Block].

The following buildings of Sherborne School surround the greens immediately
to the north of the Abbey Church of St Mary and form a group with themselves
and with the Abbey Church of St Mary.

Listing NGR: ST6377416593

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26609964

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover