Description

CASTLE COMBE SCHOOL LANE
ST 8477
6/153
Castle Combe Primary School and
gates attached to south east
corner

II

School, dated 1826, rubble stone with stone tiled roof and paired
north end diagonal stacks. One-and-a-half storeys, C16 style. 3-
window range. Mullion and transom windows. 3 large front gables,
2 with 3-light windowstb upper schoolroom, one with 2-light
window. Ground floor, two 4-light windows to lower schoolroom,
timber porch on stone base with stone tiled roof and 3-light window
to right. Relieving arches over windows. South end wall has 3-
light upper window and 4-light below. To rear is small 2-storey
wing with end wall stacks, previously schoolteacher's house. An
early example of correctly used east corner a village school of
unusual size. Attached to south east corner are ashlar gatepiers
with caps, pyramid tops, ball to Manor House Estate. for wicket
gate to left. A later C19 entry to Manor House Estate.

Listing NGR: ST8441177511

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26645375

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