History

This building was probably especially built as the Llanover parish school, which it was from 1835 when it moved from the tower of St. Bartholomew's Church (qv) until the present one was built at Tre-elidyr (qv) in 1925. It was then converted into a house, which it remains.

Exterior

Built of roughly coursed local rubblestone which is completely painted over, concrete tile roof and red brick stack. Picturesque gabled style. L-shaped plan, single storey and tall attic. Three bay elevation with tall gabled wing on the left. This has a 4 4 casement window on the ground floor and a narrow 6 pane casement high in the gable; there is a small sunk panel below this and a tiny triangular vent above; small window and entrance door in right return. Wing to right has two windows both 2-light small paned casements. Single storey wing with additional small paned window is joined to the right return gable and this has another small window high in the gable as before. Steeply pitched roof with ridge stack at the join between the wings.
Rear elevation not seen.

Interior

Interior not available at resurvey.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as the estate school in the C19 built for the children of the Llanover Estate workers, retaining good picturesque character.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29507717

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]