Listed Building: The Old School House (10/48)

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Grade II
NHLE UID 1371839
Date assigned 04 July 1985
Date last amended

Description

School, now house. Built 1789 for Lady Merial D'Anvers. Ironstone ashlar, slate roof, flanking stone stacks. 2 storeys and attic, 4 bays. Central doorway with stone lintel and 4-panel part-glazed door with overlight. Two sash windows with side lights and stone lintels on either side. 3-light windows on first floor with stone lintels, old iron casements and leaded panes. Coped gable ends with kneelers. Octagonal timber bell turret with cupola and weather vane in centre of roof. Interior not inspected. Noted by D. Knowles as having a stone on the west gable marked' H. Ward, 1789' presumably the builder. This stone is not now visible. (Donald Knowles, 'A Village School', Bracknell, 1978).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 5437 4702 (18m by 16m)
Civil Parish CULWORTH, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

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Dec 13 2021 11:22AM

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