Former Boys School and Old School House
FORMER BOYS SCHOOL AND OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, CLEVEDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1146521
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Former Boys School and Old School House
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER BOYS SCHOOL AND OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, CLEVEDON ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1146521
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Former Boys School and Old School House
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER BOYS SCHOOL AND OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, CLEVEDON ROAD
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:
- FORMER BOYS SCHOOL AND OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, CLEVEDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wraxall and Failand
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 49273 71718
Details
ST 47 SE WRAXALL CLEVEDON ROAD (south-west side)
3/183 Former Boys School and Old School House
- II
School, now disused, and school house. 1856 for William Gibbs of Barrow Gurney. Coursed rubble with freestone dressings; slate roof with coped raised verges and finials; rubble and ashlar stacks. In a free Tudor Gothic style. To the south is the school room of 2 bays. Gabled projecting porch with angle buttresses; plank door with strap hinges; moulded surround with 4-centred head. To the left is a 3-light cross window with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds; to the right of the porch is a single storey section with a 6-light king-mullion window. The south-east gable end has angle buttresses; a 4-light cross window with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds, under a square dripmould with carved head stops; above is a pierced quatrefoil light. The school house is to the north-west and projects as a gabled cross wing. 2 storeys. 1:2:1 light bay window with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds; pierced parapet; continuous string course over ground floor. Projecting section to right; plank door in moulded surround with a 4-centred head. The north-west elevation is symmetrical, of 3 bays, with the centre advanced; each bay is surmounted by a steep coped gable; 3-light cross windows on the ground floor, 2-light casements on the first.
Listing NGR: ST4927371718
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 33579
- 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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