Survey Data
Reg No
32400820
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
School
In Use As
Church hall/parish hall
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
162179, 345605
Date Recorded
01/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-storey limestone former schoolhouse with attic, built c. 1890, now in use as church hall. T-plan, three-bay south wing with gable-fronted porch to west elevation, four-bay north wing with gable-fronted porch to north elevation, five-bay two-storey extension c. 1990 in south-east (rear) corner. Pitched slate roofs, crested clay ridge tiles, ashlar limestone grouped chimneystacks with stepped capping, painted timber overhanging bargeboards with decorative curved motif at base and timber finials, uPVC gutters on overhanging painted timber eaves. Squared-and-snecked rock-faced ashlar walling, chamfered plinth, tooled ashlar quoins. Square-headed window openings, block-and-start tooled ashlar jambs, tooled ashlar voussoirs, segmental relieving arches, stone sills, painted one-over-two timber sash windows to north wing with timber mullions to paired and triple windows, two-over-four paired windows to south wing. Four-centred-arched door openings to entrance porches, tooled ashlar surrounds, chamfered reveals, limestone steps, plain-glazed overlight to north door, painted vertically-sheeted timber doors, single leaf to north porch and double leaf to south porch. Set back from road to west, bitmac carpark, single-storey outbuilding c. 1990 to east, rubble stone boundary wall to west, entrance to north-west with painted smooth-rendered walls, cast-iron gate posts and wrought-iron gate.
Appraisal
This attractive former schoolhouse is a fine example of late-nineteenth century architectural development with its characteristic asymmetry. It retains much original and early fabric and displays a high degree of skill and craftsmanship in its masonry construction. The wrought-iron gate with clever latch mechanism is of artistic interest and, being similar to one on a neighbouring property, may be the work of a local blacksmith.