Survey Data
Reg No
41400950
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
School
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
260739, 333517
Date Recorded
22/04/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey national school, built c.1860, having lower porch recessed slightly to south elevation, and single-bay single-storey outbuilding adjoining rear (west) elevation. Pitched slate roof, with timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods, and with rooflights to rear. Pitched corrugated-iron roof to outbuilding. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls, roughcast-rendered in places. Square-headed window openings to front (east), north and south elevations, having tooled stone sills, render reveals, gauged red brick voussoirs, and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, glass mostly missing. Square-headed window opening to south elevation of porch with tooled stone sill and timber surround. Square-headed door opening to west of porch having render surround and double-leaf timber battened door.
Appraisal
In its use as a school, this building would have been a focal point in the community socially, and physically, being prominently located at a crossroads and adjacent to the former Orange hall. Its simple form is subtly enlivened by details such as timber bargeboards, and the retention of timber sash windows adds to its architectural heritage value.