The Old School
The Old School, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1110521
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School
- Statutory Address:
- The Old School, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1110521
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Old School, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
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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, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sturminster Newton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 78850 14008
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 09/10/2020
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STURMINSTER NEWTON
PENNY STREET (south side)
The Old School
(Formally listed as Dashwood)
GV
II
School, now house. Probably 1835 though RCHM give late C18 or early C19. Ashlar, tiled roof with gable ends, stone dressings, ashlar stacks with brick flues. West facade: single storey, four window range. To the left a cross-wing presents a gable to the front. This gable has a three-light ashlar mullioned and transomed window, each light having a four-centred head. Above is a lancet opening with a two-centred head containing stone flag louvres. Remaining windows are probably C20 wooden two-light square windows with pointed heads to the lights under concrete lintels. Horizontal glazing bars. To the right of the cross-wing is a high two-centred stone arch with a door under a four-centred arch beneath. This is flanked to the right by a stone buttress. Between the two right hand windows is a projecting stone stack with brick flue of three stages. The flue is set diagonally and has a moulded capping. The buttressed north wall forms a prominent feature in Penny Street. Probably the National School mentioned by Hutchins as being built in 1835.
Hutchins, John "The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset", Third ed. 1868, reprint, E.P. 1975. Vol iv, p 345. "RCHM, Dorset, Vol III", HMSO, 1970, p 279, no 26.
Listing NGR: ST7882713990
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 102482
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1970), 279
Hutchins, J, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, (1868), 345
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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