The Pedagogue's House,king Edward VI Grammar School
THE PEDAGOGUE'S HOUSE,KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1298548
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Pedagogue's House,king Edward VI Grammar School
- Statutory Address:
- THE PEDAGOGUE'S HOUSE,KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1298548
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 04-Apr-1994
- List Entry Name:
- The Pedagogue's House,king Edward VI Grammar School
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE PEDAGOGUE'S HOUSE,KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR 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 PEDAGOGUE'S HOUSE,KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 20071 54714
Details
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
SP2054NW CHURCH STREET 604-1/10/51 (South East side) 25/10/51 The Pedagogue's House, King Edward VI Grammar School (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (East side) King Edward VI Grammar School; The Old Vicarage; The Pedagogue's House)
GV I
Formerly known as: Guildhall (part) CHURCH STREET. School house, master's house from c1553, now offices. For the Guild of The Holy Cross. 1427-8, with later alterations; restored 1892-5. Timber-frame with plaster and some brick infill on ashlar plinth; tile roof with brick end stack. 4-unit plan. 2 storeys; central gabled stair wing. Wing has brick ground floor, on brick and rubble plinth, incorporating blocked elliptical-headed opening to left with moulded corner post and 2 blocked openings to left return. Entrance to left of wing. 2 ground-floor windows with 4-light leaded casements to right of wing, probably blocked window to left. 1st floor has 3-light window to left of wing, with 2-light window over entrance to right and blocked 3-light window to left, wing has 3-light window, all with leaded glazing. Close-studded framing with middle rail. Right return has ovolo-mullioned windows to each floor. Rear has late C20 range attached. INTERIOR: 1st floor open to roof, 3 tie beam and collar trusses, one with arch braces and one with infill; large fireplace to left end. One of the earliest timber-framed school buildings in the country, for which the building accounts remain. (Dugdale Society Occasional Papers: Fox L: The Early History of Edward VI Grammar Sch., Stratford-upon-Avon: Oxford: 1984-; Puddephat W: The Guild Chapel & Other Guild Buildings of Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-upon-Avon: 1987-; VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 12).
Listing NGR: SP2011354695
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 366201
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Styles, P, The Borough of Stratford Upon Avon and the Parish of Alveston, (1946), 12
Fox, L, Dugdale Society Occasional Papers in The Early History of Edward VI Grammar School Stratford upon Avon, (1984)
Puddephat, W, Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society in The Guild Chapel and Other Guild Buildings of Stratford upon Avon, (1987)
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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