Listed Building: OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL (2.1.21)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | |
EH LBS Legacy ID | 391686 |
Date assigned | 21 February 1994 |
Date last amended |
Description
Former grammar school, now parish hall. Founded 1551, rebuilt 1714-19, restored and extended 1851, further extensions late C19. Coursed rubble, coursed squared stone and ashlar, with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Main block, facing churchyard, has plinth, moulded eaves, and 2 coped rear corner stacks. 2 storeys; 6-window range of reglazed 2-light casements with stone flush mullions. Below, off-centre porch with steep pitched coped gable and round-arched doorway with keystone and imposts. Above the door, a panel with Latin inscription. To left, 3 reglazed 2-light casements with stone flush mullions, and to right, 2 similar windows. Above, between floors, 2 small square casements with glazing bars. In each gable, a large segment-headed 3-light transomed casement on each floor. Adjoining the right gable, a hipped 2-storey porch with a doorway with stone lintel. Its right return has a 3-light transomed casement to the first floor. To its right, a lower 2-storey flat-roofed addition with a 2-light casement to the ground floor. Its right return has a 2-light casement, and below, a door. 2-storey rear wing has side wall stack and 2 wooden-framed cross casements to the first floor. Late C19 schoolroom addition, to right, has contrasting first-floor band and coped gables, one with a gabled single bellcote, the other with a finial. Slate roof with central hipped blind dormer and 2 gabled ventilators. 2 storeys; 3-window range of shouldered 3-light lancets with stone mullions, and below, three 3-light stone mullioned cross casements. Each gable has a segmental pointed 4-light transomed window with hoodmould, and above it, a pointed-arched louvred opening. Below, a 4-light stone-mullioned cross casement. (EH)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 54085 60957 (28m by 36m) |
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Map sheet | SK56SW |
District | Mansfield |
Civil Parish | Mansfield, Mansfield |
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Record last edited
Apr 29 2015 11:39AM