Alton National School / Old School House

Date:
20 Jun 2002
Location:
Alton National School, High Street, Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST10 4AJ
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Old School House, Castle Gate, Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST10 4AJ
Reference:
IOE01/07726/22
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

The list entry for the following:- HIGH STREET SK 0642 - 0742 (north west side)

13/35 Alton National School - GV II

Shall be amended to read as follows:- SK 0642 - 0742 CASTLE GATE 13/35 The Old School House GV II

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ALTON C.P. HIGH STREET (North-west-side) SK 0642-0742 13/35 Alton National School GV II Former school, now house. Dated "Alton National School / A.D. / 1845".

Red brick with ashlar dressings; plain tile roof with shaped tile bands; brick integral end stack. Aligned north-west/south-east facing south-west.

2 storeys with first floor band; 1:1:1 bays, central gabled porch with small fixed light window to ground floor, datestone to first floor with a square panel over containing a heraldic shield, slim rectangular loop above chamfer mullioned windows to left and right which are of 3 lights containing small-pane fixed light windows in chamfered and rebated surrounds. The right-hand return of the central porch has a Tudor arch door. Alton National School occupies a prominent position at the south- east corner of the churchyard of the Church of St. Peter (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SK0739942325

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1964 IOE Records taken by Stanley Strudwick; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Stanley Strudwick. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Strudwick, Stanley

Rights Holder: Strudwick, Stanley

Keywords

Tile, Ashlar, Brick, Victorian School, Education, Date Stone, Commemorative, Commemorative Stone, Commemorative Monument, House, Monument (By Form), Domestic, Dwelling