Building record 445/0/35 - The Old School, Church Street

The Old School was constructed as an Infants’ and Girls’ School in 1846, becoming a village hall in 1915. Used as a RAOC Home Industries Scheme Small Store. Locally listed building.

{1} The Old School was constructed as an Infants’ and Girls’ School in 1846, and was used as an educational facility until the construction of the Primary School in 1915, whence it became a village hall. Constructed on an L-plan in a typically muted neo-Gothic style, the exterior is of polychrome brickwork with a fishscale tile roof with ridgeline detailing and barge-boarding at each gable end. The interior is dividing; the school rooms are divided by a large doorway, and the original roof construction is still visible inside. The windows have stone ashlar dressings, but the fenestration unfortunately has been replaced.

{2} A `Home Industries Scheme' was started and carried out in 13 Northants sites including Crick. "Stores were carton packed at the village and town halls of these places and made ready for immediate use".

<1> Daventry District Council, 2020, Crick Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (Policy Document). SNN112346.

<2> King J.E., 1996, Weedon Royal Ordnence Depot Revisited, p.20 (unchecked) (Book). SNN39687.

Record last edited

Aug 5 2021 11:23AM