John Brabin'S Old School

SD 64 SW CHIPPING WINDY STREET

4/92 No. 27 (John Brabin's Old School) 29.12.52 (formerly listed as John Brabin's Old School) GV II

Former school, 1684, altered. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys, the upper one now being very tall. 3 bays with central single-storey porch, continuous drip course which returns along right-hand gable wall, and cavetto-moulded eaves cornice. On the ground floor are 2 3-light double- chamfered mullioned windows, the inner chamfer being hollow. The 1st floor windows have chamfered plain stone surrounds. The porch has an ashlar front, saddle-backed coping with 3 ball finials, a studded plank door and a badly worn moulded door surround with shaped lintel and moulded hood. Re-cut on the lintel are: 'CP RP 1684 JH RM'. Above is a re-cut plaque with moulded border 'THIS SCHOOL FOUNDED BY JOHN BRABBIN GENTLEMAN DOCE DISCE VEL DISCEDE'. The left-hand gable has a plain stone door surround with 'GIRLS' on the lintel. The right-hand gable has a 3-light double-chamfered mullioned window on the ground floor. At the rear (north-west) are extensions with an M-roof. The wall facing the river is of 2 storeys and 3 bays, the windows having plain stone surrounds. The wall facing the road has 4 narrow doorways with slightly chamfered surrounds, now blocked to form windows. The right-hand one has '1771' incised on the lintel. Above are lst and 2nd floor windows with plain stone surrounds, and a cavetto cornice.

Listing NGR: SD6230843228