The Old School and School House, Including Front Boundary Wall and Railings
THE OLD SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE, INCLUDING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS, WEST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1323101
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School and School House, Including Front Boundary Wall and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE, INCLUDING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS, WEST STREET
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/06634/23
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1323101
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School and School House, Including Front Boundary Wall and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE, INCLUDING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS, WEST 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 OLD SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE, INCLUDING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS, WEST STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Corfe Castle
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 95741 79602
Details
CORFE CASTLE WEST STREET, KINGSTON SY 95 79 (South side) 6/189 The Old School and School House , including front boundary wall and railings GV II Former school and school house, now converted to one house. c1870. Rough ashlar stone walls with ashlar dressings. Tiled roof, with some fish-scale tiling. Stone stacks on ridge. 2 storeys. In simple Gothic Revival style. Original school house, on right, has gabled projection at right end. In this, one casement with glazing bars on each floor; cross-shaped vent above the upper window. Left of the gable, a ledged door with ornamental iron hinges in shouldered arched opening. Ground floor has one casement with glazing bars. Similar casement on first floor, under gabled dormer. Original schoolroom, at left end, has projecting gable, containing a triple lancet window with hoodmoulds and foliated stops. Left of this a gabled porch. This has a ledged door in pointed arched opening with scroll over inscribed "In Memoriam". Wing left of this, parallel to main range, with triple lancet window in end gable wall. Stone front boundary wall, with chamfered square piers with stepped pyramidal caps. Simple iron railings.
Listing NGR: SY9574179602
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 109342
- 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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