16 And 18, The Settlement

PARISH OF OCKBROOK THE SETTLEMENT SK 42 36 6/79 (North Side) Nos 16 and 18 GV II

School house, now two houses. 1798 with late C19 and C20 alterations. Built as part of the Moravian Settlement. Red brick with brick and stone dressings, and a steeply pitched slate roof with brick coped gable to south and brick gable stacks, also with plain eaves band. Three storeys and three bays. To the centre is a two storey advanced bay with full height blind semi-circular arch which has raised stone impost blocks and keyblock. The lower part of the arch is filled with C20 brickwork and has a C20 panelled door with divided overlight to centre, and a small fixed pane window to north. The south side of the bay has a blocked flat arched opening now partly filled by margin light window and the north side of the bay has a C20 doorcase set in a blocked semi-circular opening. To the north is a pair of adjoining late C19 plain sashes with central stone mullion under a wedge stone lintel and to south is a plain sash in the original segment headed opening with stone keyblock. Above there are similar openings with glazing bar sashes to either side of the central bay and a segment headed glazing bar sash in the central bay. Between the central bay and the southern sash is a thin C20 glazing bar sash. Above again are three 2-light glazing bar casements below the eaves. Interior of No 16 has its original stick baluster staircase and in both houses the top storey has segmental barrel vaulted plaster ceilings.

Listing NGR: SK4215336199