Village School

HESLINGTON SCHOOL LANE SE 65 SW (north side) 1/71 Village School GV II Village School. 1856 on plaque for G and A M Lloyd with later additions and alterations. Red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roof. Centre of single storey, 4 bays, the 3rd of which projects and is gabled with second storey, projecting gabled single-bay wings, that to left a single tall storey and to right is 2-storey centre. Plinth. End entrances now glazed in 4-centred surround under hoodmoulds. Plaque above that to left, heraldic shields to right. Entrance now to rear. 4-light multi-paned mullion and transom window. Canted bay to ground floor of 3rd bay a 2-light mullion window with single lights to sides in double-chamfered surround. To first floor a 2-light mullion window with relieving arch over. Quatrefoil to gable. Eaves band. Wings. Plinth. Buttresses with off- sets. To left a 4-light mullion and transom window in double-chamfered surround and beneath relieving arch. Traceried light to gable. To right 2 and 3-light mullion windows in double-chamferd surrounds and under relieving arches. Quatrefoil to gable. Groups of 3 octagonal ridge stacks. Diagonal stack surmounts left gable. Bell turret to rear. Inscription on plaque reads: 'THIS SCHOOL WAS PROJECTED BY / THE LATE LAMENTED YARBURGH / YARBURGH ESQre AND ERECTED / BY HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND / GEORGE AND ALICIA MARIA LLOYD / AS AN AFFECTIONATE TRIBUTE / TO HIS MEMORY, 1856'.

Listing NGR: SE6288650421