Description

SP 81 SE BUCKLAND BUCKLAND VILLAGE
west side

5/47 School House and Church Hall

GV II

House and Church Hall attached, formerly school with Masters House 1863
by George Devey for Edward Bonus, house extended 1877. Diaper pattern
brick with some limestone quoining, roughcast to house above 1st floor
window cills. Tiled roofs, gables with dentil verges. House on right,
2 storeys, projecting gable to LH, 3-light leaded casement to each
floor, lower with blue brick relieving arch. Projecting gabled porch
in centre with lattice panels to sides, door with heavy ornamental iron
hinges. 3-light leaded casement to RH with plaque over giving 1877 date
in Latin inscription. LH flank wall has large chimney stack with offsets
and 4 diagonal shafts. Small gabled dormer in angle over semicircular
headed entrance to Hall on LH buttress in angle below plaque
commemorating 1863 opening. 1 storey, gable in centre over 3-light stone
traceried and transomed window; chimney stack to LH with offsets and
single diagonal shaft. Each gable of hall has a 4 light stone traceried
window, rear elevation has central gable with similar 3-light window,
two 2-light stone mullioned windows to LH. All windows have diamond leaded
glazing. Interior of hall has open timbered roof with arched principles
on carved stone corbels.

Listing NGR: SP8865312441

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617601

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5