Old School And School House

STOKE ROCHFORD SCHOOL CLOSE SK 92 NW 6/160 Old School and School House G.V. II Former school and school house, now house. 1840. By William Burn. Ashlar, slate roof with lead dressings, stone coped gables with ball finials and kneelers. 2 wall and single ridge ashlar stacks with pairs of shafts and cornices. E-plan. The garden front is single storey with attics, of 5 bays, the end bays are one and a half storeys, advanced and separately gabled, the central porch is advanced with cornice, moulded parapet with corner pinnacles and central bellcote having knopped stone roof. The Tudor arched double doors are flanked by coats of arms. To either side of the porch are single 2 light casements with chamfered mullion and hood moulds. The advanced bays both have canted bay windows with hipped stone roofs and metal casements, to first floor 2 light chamfered mullioned windows with cornices, and in the gable a rectangular recess. On the road side short single storey wings, with Tudor doorway and 2 light windows, enclose small courtyard.

Listing NGR: SK9197427369