Shipton Middleton Church of England School
Shipton Middleton Church of England School, Main Street, Shipton
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Overview
SE 55 NE
5/37
SHIPTON
MAIN STREET (east side)
Shipton Middleton Church of England School
GV
II
School with master's house. 1850 (Bulmer and Co, p774). Probably by G T Andrews for the Hon Payan Dawnay of Beningborough Hall. Brick in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings; stone slate roof. Two storey, two bay master's house on left; single-storey schoolroom crosswing on right. Quoins, roll-moulded plinth.
House: to right a board door with decorative hinge in quoined and moulded pointed-arch surround. Shouldered-arched window above. C20 two storey bay window on left. Kneeler and coping on left. Lateral stack to left and ridge stack, both with octagonal flues.
Schoolroom: gabled. Off-set diagonal buttresses. Large canted bay window with a window of two trefoil-headed lights to each face, cornice and sloping stone roof. Clock above hung from decorative iron bracket. Quatrefoil in apex. Coping, finial base. Right return (school-room): four bays, right bay lower and set back. Roll-moulded plinth, off-set buttresses, cill band. Pointed-arch windows each of two trefoil-headed lights and a roundel. Eaves band. Right bay masked by C20 porch and addition. On site of the old school which was originally founded in 1655 with bequest of Ann Middleton (Bulmer and Co, p774).
Bulmer, T, and Co, Directory of North Yorkshire, 1890.
Listing NGR: SE5531058729
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1190930
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Shipton Middleton Church of England School
- Statutory Address:
- Shipton Middleton Church of England School, Main Street, Shipton
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1190930
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Shipton Middleton Church of England School
- Statutory Address 1:
- Shipton Middleton Church of England School, Main Street, Shipton
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:
- Shipton Middleton Church of England School, Main Street, Shipton
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shipton
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 55310 58729
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 3 December 2025 to reformat the text to current standards
SE 55 NE
5/37
SHIPTON
MAIN STREET (east side)
Shipton Middleton Church of England School
GV
II
School with master's house. 1850 (Bulmer and Co, p774). Probably by G T Andrews for the Hon Payan Dawnay of Beningborough Hall. Brick in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings; stone slate roof. Two storey, two bay master's house on left; single-storey schoolroom crosswing on right. Quoins, roll-moulded plinth.
House: to right a board door with decorative hinge in quoined and moulded pointed-arch surround. Shouldered-arched window above. C20 two storey bay window on left. Kneeler and coping on left. Lateral stack to left and ridge stack, both with octagonal flues.
Schoolroom: gabled. Off-set diagonal buttresses. Large canted bay window with a window of two trefoil-headed lights to each face, cornice and sloping stone roof. Clock above hung from decorative iron bracket. Quatrefoil in apex. Coping, finial base. Right return (school-room): four bays, right bay lower and set back. Roll-moulded plinth, off-set buttresses, cill band. Pointed-arch windows each of two trefoil-headed lights and a roundel. Eaves band. Right bay masked by C20 porch and addition. On site of the old school which was originally founded in 1655 with bequest of Ann Middleton (Bulmer and Co, p774).
Bulmer, T, and Co, Directory of North Yorkshire, 1890.
Listing NGR: SE5531058729
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 3 December 2025 to reformat the text to current standards
SE 55 NE
5/37
SHIPTON
MAIN STREET (east side)
Shipton Middleton Church of England School
GV
II
School with master's house. 1850 (Bulmer and Co, p774). Probably by G T Andrews for the Hon Payan Dawnay of Beningborough Hall. Brick in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings; stone slate roof. Two storey, two bay master's house on left; single-storey schoolroom crosswing on right. Quoins, roll-moulded plinth.
House: to right a board door with decorative hinge in quoined and moulded pointed-arch surround. Shouldered-arched window above. C20 two storey bay window on left. Kneeler and coping on left. Lateral stack to left and ridge stack, both with octagonal flues.
Schoolroom: gabled. Off-set diagonal buttresses. Large canted bay window with a window of two trefoil-headed lights to each face, cornice and sloping stone roof. Clock above hung from decorative iron bracket. Quatrefoil in apex. Coping, finial base. Right return (school-room): four bays, right bay lower and set back. Roll-moulded plinth, off-set buttresses, cill band. Pointed-arch windows each of two trefoil-headed lights and a roundel. Eaves band. Right bay masked by C20 porch and addition. On site of the old school which was originally founded in 1655 with bequest of Ann Middleton (Bulmer and Co, p774).
Bulmer, T, and Co, Directory of North Yorkshire, 1890.
Listing NGR: SE5531058729
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 332130
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Bulmer, T, History Topography and Directory of North Yorkshire, (1890), 774
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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