Description

PARISH OF DRONFIELD CHURCH STREET
SK 37 NE
6/22
The Old Grammar School
No 18 Church Street
II
House, formerly school. C17 or earlier with alterations in C18
and C19. Roughcast coal measures sandstone, gable and sidewall
ashlar stacks, some with brick tops. Plain gables and a stone
slated roof. Two storeys, four bays, with sash windows with
glazing bars to the upper sashes, with painted flush stone
surrounds. Two ground floor windows retain glazing bars to both
sashes. Doorway to east end with flush stone surround, and a
C20 glazing door. Single storey range at right angles to the
rear, with low pitched roof. Interior. Large ground floor
room, with evidence of former openings suggesting that a cross
passage separated a single end bay from an open schoolroom. The
reveals to the openings contain C17 graffiti. First floor
fireplace with C17 surround. The school was founded in 1568 in
accordance with the provisions of the will of Henry Fanshawe,
the Remembrancer of the Court of the Exchequer to Elizabeth 1st.
An inquisition held at Derby in 1590 refers to 'a house newly
built called Le Scholehouse with 1 1/2 acres of land and a cottage
adjoining' being conveyed to the Vicar and Churchwardens.

Listing NGR: SK3516078430

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620072

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014