The Old School, and Boundary Railings to North and West
THE OLD SCHOOL, AND BOUNDARY RAILINGS TO NORTH AND WEST, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1057077
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School, and Boundary Railings to North and West
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD SCHOOL, AND BOUNDARY RAILINGS TO NORTH AND WEST, CHURCH STREET
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- Date:
- 2003-04-25
- Reference:
- IOE01/10588/18
- Rights:
- © Mr Michael Perry. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1057077
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School, and Boundary Railings to North and West
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD SCHOOL, AND BOUNDARY RAILINGS TO NORTH AND WEST, CHURCH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD SCHOOL, AND BOUNDARY RAILINGS TO NORTH AND WEST, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Donyatt
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 33896 14012
Details
DONYATT CP CHURCH STREET (South side) ST31SW 4/49 The Old School, and boundary railings to north and west -
GV II
Former school, now private house. Dated 1871. Ham stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; plain clay tiled roof with fish-scale bands and ornamental ridge tiles, gabled with bargeboards and spike finials; stone chimney stack. 'T'-plan; single storey, north elevation of 4 bays, of which bay 4 is the projecting end gable of a western crosswing. Plinth; chamfer- mullioned windows of 3 lights, with shoulder-arched lights bays 1 and 2, and trefoil cusped to bay 4, this last set under relieving arch into the tall gable, with a trefoil vent over; to bay 3 a matching pitched roof porch with chamfered pointed outer and inner arches, boarded door inside, datestone in gable. West elevation of 3 bays to match, the outer bays having single cusped lancets, bay 2 a projecting lower gable with 2-light plate-traceried window with label and rectangular vent over. C20 extension to rear. Interior not seen, but apparently little altered. About 4 metres from building, to both north and west, a low stone wall with angled coping and piers at about 3 metre intervals, and 2 rows square section iron rods set diagonally, with Gothic style cast iron intermediate posts; corner curved, with a recess in which stands the remains of a C19 water hydrant; gateway opposite porch on north side, gate missing; the whole adding to the setting of the building, and to the streetscene at a prominent point in the centre of the village.
Listing NGR: ST3389614012
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 263932
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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