Church House 20 Yards East of the Church of St Catherine
CHURCH HOUSE 20 YARDS EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214572
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church House 20 Yards East of the Church of St Catherine
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HOUSE 20 YARDS EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214572
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church House 20 Yards East of the Church of St Catherine
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH HOUSE 20 YARDS EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE
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:
- CHURCH HOUSE 20 YARDS EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hentland
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 54605 29408
Details
HENTLAND CP HOARWITHY SO 52 NW 3/74 Church House 20 yards east of the Church of St Catherine
GV II
Schoolroom and schoolhouse, now unoccupied. Circa 1865. Sandstone ashlar dressings and rubble, brick with hipped slate roofs, brick and sandstone stacks. Rectangular plan with main elevation to east. Two storeys and attic. East elevation has 1:1:1 windows, single light to left gable front, sexfoil above central entry and 3-light mullioned window to right hand side; ground floor left hand window has single light, with weathered buttress to left corner; right hand side has full-height canted bay and hipped roof but with no angle windows, ground floor window is 3-light mullioned with single transom and relieving arch. Neo-Romanesque centre with one column and leaved capital dividing two trefoiled heads. Under the right trefoil a square- headed entrance doorway with rounded shoulders, door with three rows of three panels has top three glazed in form of lancets; left trefoil has stairs rising to south, leading to panelled door to schoolroom. South elevation has reliev- ing arches above two storeys of mullioned windows, the upper with staggered mullions and with entry to right under chamfered and pointed arch. Interior of schoolroom has two-bay roof with collar truss, angle struts from king- strut above collar and principals supported by braces; friezes around wall- plate level have painted panels of animals, flowers and birds, including monkey and goats. The schoolroom is very conspicuous from the opposite bank of the river to east and south from where it forms an important element in the setting of the Church of St Catherine (qv).
Listing NGR: SO5460429409
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 399430
- 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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