Pilsley Church of England School

PILSLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, MAIN ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1369989
Date first listed:
19-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:
Pilsley Church of England School
Statutory Address:
PILSLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, MAIN ROAD
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1369989
Date first listed:
19-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:
Pilsley Church of England School
Statutory Address 1:
PILSLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, MAIN ROAD

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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
PILSLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, MAIN ROAD

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

County:
Derbyshire
District:
Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
Parish:
Pilsley
National Park:
Peak District
National Grid Reference:
SK2409970929

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28/10/2015


SK 27 SW
2/160


PARISH OF PILSLEY,
MAIN ROAD (North Side),
Pilsley Church of England School

II

School. 1849 by Joseph Paxton, paid for by the Duke of Devonshire. Alterations and extensions c1980. Coursed squared sandstone and ashlar. Fishscale Westmorland slate roof with coped gables and plain kneelers. Stone and blue brick lateral stacks. Single storey, T plan with additional C20 south west wing not of special interest. Chamfered plinth, flush quoins. Stepped gable end to east has a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window with returned hoodmould. To the gable there is a First World War memorial clock with moulded stone surround and rectangular hoodmould.  Below the window there are First and Second World War memorial plaques with moulded stone surrounds. Taller gabled wall behind has a narrow slit window with returned hoodmould. Symmetrical south elevation has a tall projecting entrance bay in the centre. Large doorway with chamfered surround and returned hoodmould. Panelled door with overlight. Sunk square panel above has the date 1849. Tall square bellcote on the gable. An open timber superstructure on a stone base and with a concave pyramid roof. Either side of the porch bay are 5-light recessed and chamfered mullioned windows with a pair of similar C20 2-light windows below.


Listing NGR: SK2409970929


This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.

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81727
Legacy System:
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Sources

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War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14408
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14409
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/183224
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/214336

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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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