Old School

This former school building, now a house, was constructed in 1873. It is built from randomly coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a slate roof with decorative Gothic-style cresting. The roofline features single ridge and wall stacks with chamfered cornices. The front of the building is a single storey and four bays, with a stepped and chamfered string course and chamfered buttresses. The left-hand bay is advanced and gabled, featuring a fretted bargeboard. It contains a two-light window with Caernarvon arches to each light and stone tracery to the head. Above the window, an ashlar panel bears an inscription celebrating the school’s foundation by the Countess of Stamford and Warrington, along with her cypher and the date 1873. To the right of the advanced bay are three pairs of pointed windows with chamfered ashlar surrounds. All windows are plain top-hung casements. A gabled porch is situated on the right-hand side, displaying a double chamfered and pointed outer arch, and a triangular headed inner door. The group value of this building lies in its contribution to the local architectural heritage.