The Old School House
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1171061
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1171061
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE
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 HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Torridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Frithelstock
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 45926 18892
Details
FRITHELSTOCK SS41NE 11/103 The Old School House II School and schoolhouse, now house. c.1830. Colourwashed rough-cast over cob and stone; gabled thatch roof; rendered brick end stacks to schoolhouse. Plan: 2-unit schoolhouse to left of schoolroom which forms cross wing on right. Schoolhouse of 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. C20 door and porch to centre; C19 plank inner door, set in moulded wood architrave. Flat rendered arches over early C19 three-light wood-mullioned casements with original fittings. Half dormers above have early C19 Gothic-style 2-light casements, with leaded-lights set in spandrels of Y-tracery glazing bars. To rear is C20 door and similar Gothick-style first-floor window. One storey schoolroom to right: mid C19 four-panelled door to its left side wall, adjoins the front gabled end of the schoolhouse, and has gablet over early C19 three-light wood-mullioned and transomed window with original fittings and leaded-lights. Interior: early C19 plank doors and A-frame roof with pegged collars.
Listing NGR: SS4592618892
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 91419
- 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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