Building record 4140/0/25 - No. 23 High Street (The Old School House)

School and attached masters house, now one dwelling. Datestone 1853.

{1} School and attached masters house, now one dwelling. Datestone 1853. Limestone ashlar with slate roof. House originally 3-unit plan: together with school it forms an L-shape plan. Single storey with attic. House is of 4-window range of C20 casements, with glazing bars, in original openings under rusticated heads. C20 half dormers. Central stone porch with pediment and rusticated arch-head opening. Ashlar stacks at eaves to left of porch and at ends. School room is attached at right angles to right with plain 9-light casement under stone lintel in gable end. Plain gabled stone porch to left has 4-panel door. Interior not inspected. Included for group value.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 10/62 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1992, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46686.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Gretton (Photographs). SNN111741.

Record last edited

Jan 7 2025 12:28PM