Survey Data
Reg No
16303022
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
School
Historical Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
School
Date
1880 - 1885
Coordinates
298384, 214479
Date Recorded
06/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay single-storey school house, built 1882, used as a recreation hall between 1936 and 1946 and a Catholic church between 1946 and 1982, and now part of a much larger mid to later 20th-century school complex. There are lower gabled projections to the north and south and east, a flat-roofed extension of c.1950 to the east and a long mainly glazed single-storey lean-to corridor extension of c.1990 to the west. The walls of the original section are largely in rubble with granite quoins and dressings, whilst the gabled roofs are slated with granite parapets, crested ridge tiles and Velux windows. There is a small bell cote and cross finial to the main roof with a cross finial to the north projection. There are entrances to the north and east projections, both consisting of pointed arch timber doorways. The windows are a mixture of flat-headed and pointed arch, all with replacement four-pane or single-light replacement timber frames. The rainwater goods are a mixture of original cast-iron and replacement metal. The building is set within a larger school complex.
Appraisal
Although this building has been much altered over the years, it is of considerable interest having served as a school, a recreation hall and a Catholic church.