Former Parish School And Wall Attached

ETHERLEY CHURCH STREET NZ 12 NE (East side) High Etherley 5/12 Former parish school and wall attached

GV II

Parish school, now parish hall. Dated 1833. Paid for by Henry Stobart, coalowner. Extended 1869. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, plinth and quoins; Welsh slate roof. Tudor style. One storey, 5 bays and long right extension; set-back left wall. Symmetrical main block has central gabled porch; boarded door, with elaborate iron hinges, in chamfered segmental- headed surround; stepped dripmould containing blocked 2-light window over panel with date; coped gable parapet on string; gabled bellcote. 4-light windows under dripmoulds in flanking bays; outer bays project under gables and have stepped 4-light windows with transoms to inner lights; cross-shaped vents in gable peaks. Blank right extension to double door at left end under flat stone lintel. Low-pitched roofs have moulded kneelers. 2 low ridge chimneys, the left truncated and the right with double-chamfered coping.

High yard wall set-back at left has gable over boarded door in deeply-chamfered surround; flat stone coping.

Listing NGR: NZ1660628365