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Latitude: 50.9854 / 50°59'7"N
Longitude: -2.5384 / 2°32'18"W
OS Eastings: 362306
OS Northings: 120801
OS Grid: ST623208
Mapcode National: GBR MT.L6Q2
Mapcode Global: FRA 56KH.YQC
Entry Name: Former School
Listing Date: 22 June 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390933
English Heritage Legacy ID: 492221
Location: Sandford Orcas, Dorset, Dorset, DT9
County: Dorset
District: West Dorset
Civil Parish: Sandford Orcas
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Sandford Orcas St Nicholas
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
SANDFORD ORCAS
1611/0/10009 SANDFORD ORCAS ROAD
22-JUN-04 Former School
II
School and master's house. 1859. Stone rubble with Ham stone dressings. Steeply-pitched clay scalloped tile roof with stone-coped gable ends with kneelers and gableted apexes. Chimney stack at left gable end with rebuilt brick shaft.
PLAN: Schoolroom on right and master's house in crosswing on left.
Tudor Gothic style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic master's house on left in gabled crosswing, ground floor blind, first floor with 3-light window with hoodmould and 2-light attic window above with trefoil ventilator in gable apex; single-storey schoolroom on right with two 2-light windows; all windows with moulded stone frames with hoodmoulds. Right-hand return gable end has large 4-light cross-mullion-transom window with hoodmould and quatrefoil ventilator in gable above.
INTERIOR not inspected.
A good example of a small parish school and master's house in the Tudor Gothic style.
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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