Charnock Richard (Church Of England) School Number 1 And Railings In Front

SD 51 NE CHARNOCK RICHARD CHURCH LANE

5/18 Charnock Richard (C of E) School 26.11.1975

GV II

Includes No.1 Charter Lane and railings in front. School and attached master's house, dated 1858. Sandstone rubble roofs of hexagonal slates; 3 ridge-chimneys, 2 part-corbelled side wall chimneys, one gable chimney at rear. T-shaped plan modified by slightly later addition of hall in angle at rear. All in Gothic style, with steeply-pitched roofs. School is rectangular, single storey, 4 bays long and has in both gables a large arched 3-light window with reticulated tracery; the east gable is continued to form a bellcote; 4 rectangular windows in side wall. At west end is a square privy house entirely in keeping and steeply gabled. At right angles to school is a range composed of porch and the master's house which is 2 bays (stepped back) and 2 storeys; this has in the centre a steeply gabled porch in style matching the school, and 2 rectangular windows on each floor, all with splayed reveals and stone mullions, those at ground floor being much taller (that on the left has 3 lights, others 2 lights). Included in the item are iron railings in front of house, which have fleur-de-lys heads. The item matches in style Christ Church (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD5553115712