Description

SHINFIELD BASINGSTOKE ROAD (west side)
SU 76 NW Spencers Wood

8/24 Library and The School
House

1.8.52 II

School and School house, now library and house. 1890. Grey brick with
orange brick headers and band patterning, quoins and window dressings.
Tiled gabled roof. Rectangular plan with 2 gables of different sizes
facing road and one cross gable on right. One and a half storeys and one
storey. Chimney on ridge on right of centre with moulded brick dentil
head and clay pot. Rubbed brick semi-circular heads to windows, moulded
brick string at upper cill level on 2 right hand gables, carved bargeboards
with long dropped finials and carved bosses. 2, 3 and 4-light small pane
casement windows; planked entrance door with semi-circular head in moulded
brick recessed opening leading to closed porch as part of projecting
gable to right of centre. An inscription above the door reads, F.W.A.
1890 on two panels with a third terracotta panel between with a swans
head flanked by 2 feathers.

Listing NGR: SU7147666684

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599417

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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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)