St Margaret's Church of England Primary School and Schoolhouse attached to St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

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Blackfordby MAIN STREET (West Side) St Margaret's Church of England Primary School and Schoolhouse attached to St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

GV II

Built 1889. Red brick with blue brick dressings, buttresses between windows. Slate roof with panelled chimney, crested ridge, coped gable ends and centre, white painted, flèche. Side bays advanced, the north western, which forms the schoolhouse, advanced further forward. Two storeys, two windows with roundel above in gable end. Rest, one storey.

Southeastern advanced section has three windows with shield in gable end. Centre has five windows with centre gable. Generally segmental arches but southeastern windows have slightly pointed arches. The school forms a landmark on the crest of a hill beside the church in the village centre.

A newspaper account from the opening of the school in 1889 reports that the architect was Nicholas Joyce of Stafford, and the contractor Thomas Orton of Ashby.

Listing NGR: SK3299618144