The Old Schoolhouse

The Old Schoolhouse is an early 17th-century building, originally a schoolmaster’s house and now a private residence, located in Goostrey village. It is constructed with a timber frame, nogged with plaster and brick, and has stone slate and blue tile roof coverings. The building is single-storied with an attic, and comprises three bays. A stone plinth runs along the base. The timbers are arranged in small framing, with angle braces visible at the rear and east gable. The facade and west gable are faced with late 18th-century brickwork. The ground floor has three-light flush casement windows with glazing bars, set within flat, cambered arches. First-floor windows are located in cat-slide half dormers. A boarded door is set within a heavy beaded frame, protected by a cambered arch and a softwood pitched hood with trellis side cheeks. Gable and intermediate ridge stacks are present. Inside, the internal walls feature timbering and bevelled beams. A door opening has an ogee head, and there is a surviving inglenook beam. A brick outshut extends for half the length of the rear elevation.