Master's House and Attached Stone Built Portion of Shevington Community Primary School (Nursery Department)
MASTER'S HOUSE AND ATTACHED STONE BUILT PORTION OF SHEVINGTON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL (NURSERY DEPARTMENT), MILES LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392763
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-2005
- List Entry Name:
- Master's House and Attached Stone Built Portion of Shevington Community Primary School (Nursery Department)
- Statutory Address:
- MASTER'S HOUSE AND ATTACHED STONE BUILT PORTION OF SHEVINGTON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL (NURSERY DEPARTMENT), MILES LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392763
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-2005
- List Entry Name:
- Master's House and Attached Stone Built Portion of Shevington Community Primary School (Nursery Department)
- Statutory Address 1:
- MASTER'S HOUSE AND ATTACHED STONE BUILT PORTION OF SHEVINGTON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL (NURSERY DEPARTMENT), MILES LANE
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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:
- MASTER'S HOUSE AND ATTACHED STONE BUILT PORTION OF SHEVINGTON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL (NURSERY DEPARTMENT), MILES LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wigan (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Shevington
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 53673 08580
Reasons for Designation
Details
SHEVINGTON,
1484/0/10017, MILES LANE
02-SEP-05
Master's House and attached stone built portion of Shevington Community Primary School (Nursery Department)
II
School, now closed, 1814, founder probably Richard Perryn, Rector of Standish 1779-1826. Coursed dressed stone with a slate roof and brick chimney stack. Four bays, of which three are the school and one is the master's house to the left. Single bay in depth, but the master's house is deeper than school. Windows on two floors throughout, upper windows have eight lights in pairs with upper four opening, lower windows have 12 lights in pairs with upper four opening. Single storey entrance lobby with hipped roof to right, with single door to front and two windows to side. Plaque between school room and master's house reading "This school for pious and useful learning was built by voluntary subscription in the year of our Lord 1814 RPR". Separate entrance to master's house to left. At the rear the windows of the master's house have been altered, but on the school room the upper three windows have three 6-pane lights divided by two mullions, and one lower window has wooden mullions and transom with a side-hung casement to the centre light. The other two lower windows are pairs of French windows.
INTERIOR: Entrance lobby to right of single schoolroom which has windows on two levels but has only one storey. Two king-post roof trusses partly visible below false ceiling. Blocked fireplace at left end. Master's house has door to left into small lobby leading to front room with blocked fireplace to right, blocked door to right of fireplace into schoolroom. Door at rear leads to staircase to left and back room to right with door to schoolroom. First floor has two rooms.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE:
A rare surviving example of a single room school house and attached master's house from the early nineteenth century, this structure merits listing at Grade II.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 491258
- 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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