Former Village School (Girls) And Church Hall
CHURCH HALL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1367790
- Date first listed:
- 15-May-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Former Village School (Girls) And Church Hall
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HALL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1367790
- Date first listed:
- 15-May-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Former Village School (Girls) And Church Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH HALL
- Statutory Address 2:
- FORMER VILLAGE SCHOOL (GIRLS)
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 HALL
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER VILLAGE SCHOOL (GIRLS)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Churchill
- National Grid Reference:
- SP2831424020
Details
CHURCHILL
SP2824-2924
16/55 Former village school (girls)
and Church Hall
GV II
Shown on O.S. map as Church Hall and The Lower School House.
School, part latterly used as church hall, part in domestic use. Mid-C19 with
minor later alterations. Roughly and regularly coursed limestone rubble with
alternating angle quoins carried up to gable ends; slate roof with stepped coped
verges on carved stone kneelers. Tudor Gothic style. Centre range with flush
gabled range on left projecting to rear and slightly projecting gabled range to
right. One storey and attic to left and centre ranges, one storey to right. Left
gable has two 2-light mullion windows to ground floor and one with dripstone to
centre above; louvred rectangular slit opening to apex. Centre range has
nail-studded boarded double doors in Tudor-arched surround with hollow
spandrels. Gabled half-dormer with 2-light mullion window directly above. Right
gable has 3-light mullioned and transomed window with dripstone, blank armorial
shield above and louvred rectangular slit opening to apex. Axial ridge stack
with moulded capping to left of centre range and ridge stack to right, both with
moulded capping. Low gabled range with integral end stack attached to rear of
left range. Two schools at Churchill are referred to in mid-C19 trade
directories but it is not clear if either of them was held in this building at
that time. Included for group value.
(Post Office Directory for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (1847),
p2166; Gardener's Gazeteer and Directory (1852), p840)
[2497]
Listing NGR: SP2831424020
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 253945
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gardners Gazetteer and Directory of Oxfordshire in Gardners Gazetteer and Directory of Oxfordshire, (1852), 840
Post Office Directory in Post Office Directory for Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, (1847), 2166
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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