Description

IRNHAM CORBY ROAD
TF 0226-0326 (north side)

13/166 Former School and
School House

G.V. II

Former School and School House, now house and empty room. 1861.
Squared limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. Plain
tiled roof, overhanging eaves and gables on carved wooden
brackets, 2 moulded stone gable stacks and single wall stack.
School is single storey with dormers, 3 bay front, having central
planked door covered by gabled porch with pointed inner and outer
doorways, flanked by single 3 light windows. In the roof 2
gabled dormers with 2 light glazing bar casements and rendered
cheeks. Above the outer doorway a stone bears the date 1861
together with the Woodhouse Griffin. The school is linked by a
wall to the single storey with garret, 3 bay house. Having
central planked doorway with to left a 2 light window and to
right a tall lancet. All windows have wooden heads in the form
of Caernarvon arches, and all openings have chamfered shaped
ashlar surrounds.

Listing NGR: TF0224026788

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439890

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)