Building record 3656/4/1 - The Old School & The Old School House

School now house and school masters' houses. Datestone 1828. Inscribed tablet at rear of The Old School. "Walgrave and Hannington National Schools, Erected 1828, Sir James Langham Bart, Patron Rev'd Rich'd Pretyman, Rector".

{1} School now house and school masters' houses. Datestone 1828. Squared coursed lias with slate roof. Originally a one-unit school with a 2-unit schoolmaster's house attached. 2 storeys. North elevation of 4-window range. 3 windows to left have C19 cast iron, arch head with centre pivot and glazing bars, all with brick dressings. One C19 casement with wood lintel to right. C20 garage door to left of centre and C20 door under wood lintel to right of centre. Ashlar gable parapets and brick stacks at ridge and ends. Similar arch head windows to rear. Later C19 brick and stone extension to rear also has arch head windows. Inscribed tablet at rear of The Old School. "Walgrave and Hannington National Schools, Erected 1828, Sir James Langham Bart, Patron Rev'd Rich'd Pretyman, Rector".

{3} The extension of the 1870s to house toilets and new staircase covers the earlier windows in the main block.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/217 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 1996-2013, Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group Newsletter, Issue 119 p.10 (checked) (Newsletter). SNN55360.

<4> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 634 (Book). SNN111989.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Walgrave (Photographs). SNN114090.

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Sep 14 2022 4:05PM