Description

PARISH OF ROWSLEY SCHOOL LANE SK 26 NE 5/184 (South Side) Village School, Attached Wall and Lavatories GV II School and Schoolmaster's house, now all part of the school; attached wall and former lavatory block. 1840. Coursed squared sandstone and ashlar. Chamfered quoins. Cement tile roof. Coped gables with moulded kneelers. Ashlar ridge stack with three diamond plan shafts. Louvred bell-turret on the ridge, with pyramid roof. Cruciform plan. One and two storeys. North elevation has a 5-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transomed window with returned hoodmould. Projecting gabled bay has a lean-to on the left with Tudor-arched doorway with panelled door. 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window with two transoms and returned hoodmould. Sunk panel above with rounded ends, inscribed 1840. The return elevation has a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window with a transom. To the right are a similar 5-light and two 3-light windows, all with returned hoodmoulds. Single storey bay with plain parapet runs across the west gable end and has a 2-light window to north and to west and a 3-light with a transom, and a plain quoined doorway with plank door. Similar 3-light window above. To the south are two similar 3-light transomed windows. Wing to south of two storeys, originally the headmaster's house. It has two similar transomed 3-light windows to the ground floor and a pair of cross windows above. Additional lean-to bay to south not of special interest. Wall attached to south east and linked to a former lavatory block now used for storage. Squared sandstone and Welsh slate roof, the centre part raised above a louvred ventilator. Four doorways to west divided by brick piers. Plank doors with sawtooth tops.

Listing NGR: SK2570565766

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