The School
THE SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272193
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- The School
- Statutory Address:
- THE SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET
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- Date:
- 2002-05-27
- Reference:
- IOE01/06994/33
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272193
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- The School
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET
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 SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Weymouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 66111 85207
Details
WEYMOUTH
SY6685 CHURCH STREET, Upwey 873-1/5/547 (West side) 14/06/73 The School
GV II
Former school, now community building. c1840. Squared and coursed Portland stone, slate roof. Tudor Revival style. PLAN: plain rectangular block to the street, with parallel wing forming an L-plan, later wing set to internal angle. EXTERIOR: single storey, 3-bay front to Church Street, with 4-light stone chamfered-mullion casements to labels. Gables with coped verges; that to the right (N) is rendered, with a pinnacle, and partly concealed by a flat-roofed porch addition. To the left, the main gable has a lofty bellcote with pointed arch and steep gabled top, above a stone louvred lancet to the roof space, a small rectangular light, and plank doors in a flush surround, all these with drip courses. To its left, slightly set back, the later wing, with similar detailing, has a pinnacle to the gable above a small louvred lancet and a 4-light mullioned casement. The front to the playground area has, to the left, the original building, with a large 3-light chamfered-mullion casement, without drip and a plank door to segmental head. Coped verge and pinnacle to the left, plain verge and brick stack, right. Then the later wing, partly concealed by asbestos-roofed extensions. INTERIOR: is in 4 bays, with raised king-post trusses, and there is a large elliptical opening from the main schoolroom to the W wing.
Listing NGR: SY6611185207
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467396
- 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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