Description

SP9780
13/98
23/05/67

LOWICK
DRAYTON ROAD
(South side)
The Germain Rooms and The Old
School House

(Formerly listed as School)

(Formerly the Greencoat School)

GV II

School and attached house, now village hall and house. Founded 1717/25 by Sir
John and Lady Germain altered mid C19. Regular coursed limestone with
Collyweston slate roof. House and school form an L-shape range, Single-storey
school and 2-storey house. Main front of 3-window range. 2-window range to right
is former school with C19 three-light stone mullion windows. One-window range to
left is house with casements and wood lintels, 2-panel door to left of centre
has C18 moulded stone surround with a plain entablature and cornice. Central
stone stack, top rebuilt in brick. Large armorial device over door. Elevation to
Main Road, to left, is a 3-window range with a gable to right and 2 gabled eaves
dormers to left. Large stone stack at ridge to right. C19 extension to rear of
former school. Interior not inspected. Formerly known as the Greencoat School.
(Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.297).

Listing NGR: SP9772180852

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26653049

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey