Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House
GRESSENHALL VOLUNTARY AIDED SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1168620
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House
- Statutory Address:
- GRESSENHALL VOLUNTARY AIDED SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1168620
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House
- Statutory Address 1:
- GRESSENHALL VOLUNTARY AIDED SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE, CHURCH LANE
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:
- GRESSENHALL VOLUNTARY AIDED SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Breckland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Gressenhall
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 96028 15366
Details
TF 91 NE GRESSENHALL CHURCH LANE (east side)
3/15 Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House
- II
School and School House. Central inscription: "Erected by John David Hay Hill Esq. of Gressenhall Hall A.D. 1842". Brick with painted stone dressings. Slate roofs. Irregular plan with adjoining School House to north. 2 -storey and 3-bay house with slightly advanced gabled centre bay with a 3-light mullion and transom first floor Gothic window beneath a 4-centred arch. Blank shield in gable. 5 3-light flat-headed windows with arched lights beneath rectangular hood moulds. Pair of identical doorways at junction with school with 4-centred arches and boarded doors with ornate hinges. Axial stack with sawtooth cornice and narrow pilaster strips. Single storeyed school. Slightly advanced gabled centre bay with a Gothic window similar to central window of house. Flanked by one 2-light and one 3-light flat-headed windows with arched lights beneath rectangular hood moulds. Pair of octagonal chimney shafts. Various extensions to rear.
Listing NGR: TF9602815366
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 220762
- 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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