Old Travis Charity School

Old Travis Charity School is a disused charity school built in 1682, with alterations and extensions made in 1880. The building is constructed of red brick, with the earlier sections featuring dark cement render, while the 19th-century work is in English bond. It has a Welsh slate roof and an L-shaped plan with a porch at the front angle.

The 17th-century section at the rear has a drip course and scrolled kneelers on the gable copings at the left end. The right side features a 19th-century porch that incorporates the lintel and pediment from a 17th-century doorway, which has a shield in the tympanum and an initialled datestone inscribed '1682/JC' at the apex. Above this is a coped brick gable with a datestone marked 1880. There is a boarded window to the right of the door and a tall 19th-century brick stack at the eaves behind the porch, along with ridge ventilators.

The 19th-century wing projection on the right has two tall windows, which were boarded at the time of resurvey, beneath a gable that features re-set 17th-century kneelers and copings, with a tall brick stack on the left return. The rear of the 17th-century range shows some exposed brickwork with a drip course interrupted by three 19th-century windows. The left return of the 17th-century range continues the drip course. No notable interior features were visible at the time of resurvey.

The school was established as a free school by John Hatfield, who left it in trust in an indenture of 1716. It was taken over by the Travis Charity, established in 1710, in 1848 and then handed over to the Charity Commissioners in 1877, who improved and enlarged the building at a cost of £400 to accommodate 60 children, as noted in Kelly's Directory from 1889. The 19th-century work is not of special interest except that it is integral and incorporates 17th-century elements.