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Latitude: 52.7599 / 52°45'35"N
Longitude: -1.5125 / 1°30'44"W
OS Eastings: 432996
OS Northings: 318144
OS Grid: SK329181
Mapcode National: GBR 6GR.VVV
Mapcode Global: WHCGF.QWZK
Plus Code: 9C4WQF5Q+X2
Entry Name: St Margaret's Church of England Primary School and Schoolhouse attached to St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Listing Date: 29 September 1977
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1361608
English Heritage Legacy ID: 187633
ID on this website: 101361608
Location: Blackfordby, North West Leicestershire, DE11
County: Leicestershire
District: North West Leicestershire
Civil Parish: Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Built-Up Area: Blackfordby
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Blackfordby St Margaret of Antioch
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: School building
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St Margaret's Church of England Primary School and Schoolhouse attached to St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
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II
Built 1889. Red brick with blue brick dressings, buttresses between windows. Slate roof with panelled chimney, crested ridge, coped gable ends and centre, white painted, flèche. Side bays advanced, the north western, which forms the schoolhouse, advanced further forward. Two storeys, two windows with roundel above in gable end. Rest, one storey.
Southeastern advanced section has three windows with shield in gable end. Centre has five windows with centre gable. Generally segmental arches but southeastern windows have slightly pointed arches. The school forms a landmark on the crest of a hill beside the church in the village centre.
A newspaper account from the opening of the school in 1889 reports that the architect was Nicholas Joyce of Stafford, and the contractor Thomas Orton of Ashby.
Listing NGR: SK3299618144
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