The School House And Numbers 1 And 2 School Buildings

The School House and Numbers 1 and 2 School Buildings are a group of buildings dating to 1779, with alterations in the mid-19th century and conversion to residential use in the late 20th century. Constructed of narrow coursed millstone grit with ashlar dressings, the building features a stone slate roof, stone stacks, and a gabled bellcote with pilasters and a ball finial to the left gable.

The street facade is an irregular arrangement of four windows, divided into a three-window section on the left and a single-window section on the right. The former school building on the left includes a pointed arched doorway with a small, painted plaque depicting a beehive and floriated elements. To the right of the doorway are three pointed arched windows, the central one now blocked. Above these windows is an inscribed plaque reading: "This school was erected and endowed by JOSEPH HAGUE Esquire, of Park Hall in this Parish as a testimony of Gratitude to ALMIGHTY GOD for his favour and Blessings through a life of years whereby he was enabled to accumulate an ample fortune and make a plentiful Provision for his numerous Relations and Dependents. Anno Domini 1779." All windows now contain 20th-century uPVC casements. The former school building was originally one storey high, but is now two. The master’s house has three storeys and a single window to the street. A single doorway has a heavy lintel and rusticated surround, with a 16-pane casement window above and another 12-pane casement window above that, both in painted surrounds.

The rear elevation of the former school building features two pointed arched windows on each floor, fitted with 20th-century uPVC casements. Attached to the rear is a three-storey master’s house with a garage door on the right and, above, mullioned windows (two-light and three-light) on each of the upper floors.

The interior was not inspected. The school was originally endowed in 1779 by Joseph Hague, a local cotton manufacturer.