The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. A C19 Former school. 1 related planning application.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- steep-corridor-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Former school
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a former National School, built in 1845 and later converted to a house. It is constructed of ironstone ashlar and brick, with limestone dressings and a patterned tile roof. The building has a plinth, coped gables with gabled kneelers (the north gable featuring a cross), and single gable and lateral brick stacks. It is a single-story building with four bays. Most windows feature diamond glazing.
The west front has a segmental-headed stone doorcase with a flat hood and a six-panel door, flanked to the left by a gabled wing containing a four-light mullioned and transomed casement window. To the right are two two-light mullioned casement windows with flat hoods. To the right again is a projecting gable with a four-light mullioned and transomed casement window, the lower lights originally fitted with 19th-century plain glass. Above this is a recessed datestone inscribed 'MDCCCXLV'. Further to the right is a two-light mullioned casement window with a flat hood.
The south end has a central gabled porch with a four-centred arched doorway and a flat hood. Above the doorway is a tablet inscribed 'National School'. The rear of the building has a full-width, single-story lean-to addition with two doors.
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