Survey Data
Reg No
40901205
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
School
In Use As
Crèche/pre-school
Date
1930 - 1940
Coordinates
253911, 447895
Date Recorded
23/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay single-storey former national school, dated 1933, T-shaped on plan with single-bay single-storey return to north, now in use as play-group building. Pitched slate roof, grey clayware ridge tiles, yellow-brick on stretcher bond chimneystacks with ashlar coping and terracotta pots, ashlar eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with ashlar name plaque to east elevation. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six and four-over-four horned timber sash windows and ashlar sills. Square-headed door opening with battened timber door. Set within own grounds with random rubble boundary wall with ashlar coping and wrought-iron gate mounted on rubble gate-piers with ashlar coping to south. Single-cell flat-roofed toilet block to rear.
Appraisal
A simple rural former national school, typical of its type, which has retained its character and its essential architectural details including sash windows and slate roof. Such schools were an important part of the social fabric of rural communities, so its new use as a playgroup is entirely appropriate. It forms part of a group of community buildings including church (40901203) and Temperance Hall (see 40901206).