Description

THORNTON DALE CHESTNUT AVENUE
SE 8383
(north side)
14/91 Grammar School
10.11.53
GV II
Grammar School, now meeting hall. 1670, restored and extended C19. Founded
under the terms of a Trust Deed executed by Lady Elizabeth Lumley in 1657.
Coursed sandstone rubble on chamfered ashlar plinth; raised, chamfered
ashlar quoins, ashlar dressings and stacks; graduated stone flag roof.
Rectangular on plan, with extensions to rear and rear left. Single storey
and attic, gable-end on street. Single 3-light C19 round-headed
Perpendicular window beneath stopped hood-mould. Raised attic band, with
recessed bell-opening above in gable-end, in rounded arch of two orders
beneath a stopped hood-mould. Right return front: C19 recessed board door
in rebuilt opening with rebuilt 2-light cinque-foiled window in square-
headed opening above. Rebuilt 2-light mullion and transom square-headed
windows on either side. Rear: two original chamfered mullion and transom
cinquefoiled windows flank extension. Cavetto-moulded eaves cornice. Coped
gables and shaped kneelers. Single stack to rear. R W Jeffery, Thornton-
le-Dale, 1931; Chap VIII.

Listing NGR: SE8357083102

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643322

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey