The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1955. School, village hall. 4 related planning applications.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- sunken-sill-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1955
- Type
- School, village hall
- Address
- The Old School, Main Street, Ashby Parva, LE17 5HS
- OS grid reference
- SP 526 885
- Coordinates
- 52.49274, -1.22629
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School, now serving as a village hall, was built in 1832. It is constructed of red brick and features a flat wooden eaves soffit beneath a hipped slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has four windows, which are more widely spaced to the left of the centre. The windows have segment-headed surrounds with drip-moulds, and the left-of-centre windows are transom and mullion cross casements with glazing bars, while those to the right have square lead lattice glazing.
To the right of centre, there is a round-arched doorway with a blank arch and a panelled door. Above the door is a window that has been replaced by a lower rectangular slate inset plaque. This plaque is inscribed with the following: "This School was built and endowed by Sarah Bower, Widow of the Rev Jas Bower, Rector of St Roche, Cornwall, from a bequest made for charitable purposes by Lucy Goodacre, widow of Thomas Goodacre of Leire," followed by a quotation from 2 Timothy, II, iv.
Additionally, there is an inset slate plaque below that reads: "THE OLD SCHOOL was given to the people of Ashby Parva to use as their VILLAGE HALL, 19th February, 1968." There is also a one-storey extension projecting to the right, added around 1968, which has a hipped slate roof.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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