Dorothy School

DOROTHY SCHOOL, ST GEORGE'S ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1280397
Date first listed:
30-Jul-1993
Statutory Address:
DOROTHY SCHOOL, ST GEORGE'S ROAD
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1280397
Date first listed:
30-Jul-1993
Statutory Address 1:
DOROTHY SCHOOL, ST GEORGE'S ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
DOROTHY SCHOOL, ST GEORGE'S ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Truro
National Grid Reference:
SW 82075 44935

Details

TRURO

SW8244NW ST GEORGE'S ROAD 880-1/6/280 (South side) Dorothy School

GV II

Schoolroom next to Church of St George (qv). c1860. Killas rubble with granite dressings. Steep dry Delabole slate roof, granite stack over gable, larger stone stack near south gable, cast-iron ogee gutter. Rectangular plan. Tudor Revival style. North gable end has central 5-light mullioned window with relieving arch over. C20 wing to right. One-window west range has C20 wing on left, central 3-light window and blocked chamfered doorway on the right. One-window east range has 3-light wooden transomed mullioned window towards left and lean-to porch at far left with pair of V-jointed boarded doors on its right. Roof sweeps lower to right of window to meet flat-roofed wing in front with central flat-headed chamfered doorway; 2-light window to right-hand return. INTERIOR: original corbelled granite fireplace in north-east corner and wall posts on corbels to roof structure otherwise hidden by C20 ceiling. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SW8207544935

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