Church House School
CHURCH HOUSE SCHOOL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1334171
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church House School
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HOUSE SCHOOL
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- Date:
- 2005-06-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/14465/19
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1334171
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church House School
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH HOUSE SCHOOL
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 SCHOOL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Manaton
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 75031 81247
Details
MANATON MANATON SX 77 NE 5/67 Church House School - GV II
Former national school converted into a house. Dated 1859. Granite rubble walls with larger granite quoins and dressed granite doorways and window surrounds. Dry Welsh slate roof with gabled ends and deep eaves and verges. Small brick ridge stacks with granite caps. Gothic style. School room with gabled wing at front flanked by lean-to entrance porches in the angles under swept down roof. Originally single storey with later floor inserted. West front has large pointed arched window without chamfer in centre of gable, window is 3-light timber mullion with cross transom. Tablet below the sill inscribed "Manaton National School erected A.D. 1859". In each flanking porch is pointed arched doorway chamfered with pyramid stops and dressed granite voussoirs. Gable ends of main range have large pointed arched windows with timber mullion/transom frames. Ventilation slit in gable above. Porches have small 2-light wood casements on inside walls. 2 C20 casements inserted in rear wall with a C20 gabled dormer windows above. Interior floored and converted into house, not inspected.
Listing NGR: SX7506081227
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 85000
- 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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