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The Old School, and Boundary Railings to North and West

A Grade II Listed Building in Donyatt, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9218 / 50°55'18"N

Longitude: -2.9418 / 2°56'30"W

OS Eastings: 333896

OS Northings: 114012

OS Grid: ST338140

Mapcode National: GBR M8.Q6HL

Mapcode Global: FRA 46QN.XBQ

Plus Code: 9C2VW3C5+P7

Entry Name: The Old School, and Boundary Railings to North and West

Listing Date: 29 October 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1057077

English Heritage Legacy ID: 263932

ID on this website: 101057077

Location: Donyatt, Somerset, TA19

County: Somerset

District: South Somerset

Civil Parish: Donyatt

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Church of England Parish: Donyatt

Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells

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Description


DONYATT CP CHURCH STREET (South side)
ST31SW
4/49 The Old School, and boundary
railings to north and west
-

GV II

Former school, now private house. Dated 1871. Ham stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; plain clay tiled roof with
fish-scale bands and ornamental ridge tiles, gabled with bargeboards and spike finials; stone chimney stack. 'T'-plan;
single storey, north elevation of 4 bays, of which bay 4 is the projecting end gable of a western crosswing. Plinth;
chamfer- mullioned windows of 3 lights, with shoulder-arched lights bays 1 and 2, and trefoil cusped to bay 4, this
last set under relieving arch into the tall gable, with a trefoil vent over; to bay 3 a matching pitched roof porch
with chamfered pointed outer and inner arches, boarded door inside, datestone in gable. West elevation of 3 bays to
match, the outer bays having single cusped lancets, bay 2 a projecting lower gable with 2-light plate-traceried window
with label and rectangular vent over. C20 extension to rear. Interior not seen, but apparently little altered. About 4
metres from building, to both north and west, a low stone wall with angled coping and piers at about 3 metre intervals,
and 2 rows square section iron rods set diagonally, with Gothic style cast iron intermediate posts; corner curved, with
a recess in which stands the remains of a C19 water hydrant; gateway opposite porch on north side, gate missing; the
whole adding to the setting of the building, and to the streetscene at a prominent point in the centre of the village.


Listing NGR: ST3389614012

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