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Latitude: 51.8388 / 51°50'19"N
Longitude: 0.7026 / 0°42'9"E
OS Eastings: 586286
OS Northings: 219034
OS Grid: TL862190
Mapcode National: GBR QKT.QFP
Mapcode Global: VHKG8.419P
Plus Code: 9F32RPQ3+G2
Entry Name: Doucecroft School
Listing Date: 2 May 1953
Last Amended: 29 July 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1123824
English Heritage Legacy ID: 116499
ID on this website: 101123824
Location: Newtown, Braintree, Essex, CO5
County: Essex
District: Braintree
Civil Parish: Kelvedon
Built-Up Area: Kelvedon
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Kelvedon St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
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KELVEDON HIGH STREET
TL 8619-8719 (north-west side)
8/187 No. 163 (Doucecroft
2.5.53 School) (formerly
listed as Dowches)
GV II
House, now special school. Late C18, with C19 and C20 extensions. Mainly red
brick in Flemish bond, rear parts timber framed and plastered, roofed with
handmade red plain tiles. Main range facing SE with 2 rear stacks. Original
service wing to rear of left end, with C19 extension beyond. C20 single-storey
extension with flat roof behind main range. Single-storey lean-to extension at
left end rebuilt 1986. 2 storeys. 5-window range of sashes of 12 lights with
gauged brick arches and 2 blind apertures on each floor; 2 of the first-floor
windows have segmental heads in segmental arches, the others flat. 6-panel door
in portico with 2 columns and 2 pilasters, fluted above mid-height. Plain band
on front elevation only. Plaster moulded cornice with bracketed corbels and
plain parapet at front, and on both returns of main range. Hipped roof.
Venetian window at rear, lighting staircase. Original stair with wreathed
handrail, slender turned balusters and scrolled tread-ends. Original folding
shutters.
Listing NGR: TL8628619034
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