Old Travis Charity School

SE 6609 (SE 60 NE) 16/33

HATFIELD CUCKOO LANE (west side) Old Travis Charity School

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Charity school disused at time of resurvey. 1682; re-roofed, altered and extended 1880. Red brick, the old dark cement-rendered, the C19 work in English bond, Welsh slate roof. Single storey, L-shaped plan with porch in front angle. C17 range across rear has dripcourse and scrolled kneelers to gable copings on left end; added C19 porch on right incorporates lintel and pediment of a C17 doorway with shield in tympanum and initialled datestone inscribed '1682/JC' at apex, over it a coped brick gable with datestone marked 1880; boarded window on right of door; tall C19 brick stack at eaves to rear of porch; ridge ventilators. C19 wing projection on right has 2 tall windows (boarded at time of resurvey) beneath gable with re-set C17 kneelers and copings; tall brick stack on left return. Rear: C17 range shows some exposed brickwork with dripcourse cut by three C19 windows. Left return of C17 range has continued dripcourse. No interior features of note visible at time of resurvey. Built as a free school by John Hatfield who left it in trust in an indenture of 1716. Taken over by the Travis Charity (est. 1710) in 1848 then handed over to the Charity Commissioners in 1877 who improved and enlarged the building at a cost of £400 to serve 60 children (Kelly's Directory, p451). C19 work not of special interest except in that it is integral and incorporates C17 elements.

Kelly's Directory, West Riding, 1889.

Listing NGR: SE6624509673