Description

TL 8430-8530 COLNE ENGAINE BROOK STREET
(south side)

7/7 The Old School House

GV II

Elementary school, now a house. 1846. Pebble rubble with dressings of gault
brick and limestone, roofed with decorative 5-sided slates. Main range facing
E, with entrance block projecting forwards, forming an irregular T-plan.
Original internal stack at rear, opposite entrance block, and C20 stack to right
of it. C20 rear wing of yellow brick, roofed with plain slates. One storey. 2
C20 casements in original apertures. C20 double doors with 2-centred head in
original moulded stone surround, shafted jambs with capitals and bases in brick
dressings. In each return of entrance block, one original transomed light with
2-centred head. Brick quoins. Low-pitched roof. 2 octagonal brick shafts.
The C20 rear extension is executed sympathetically with the main building. The
front windows are not, but the original apertures are undisturbed. Included for
group value.

Listing NGR: TL8491730344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416335

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)