The School House

SK 76 NE NORMANTON-ON-TRENT MAIN STREET (east side)

5/53 The School House

G.V. II

School, now cottage. Dated 1776, altered early C20. Colour washed red brick. Pantile roof. Single left gable and single ridge rendered stacks. Raised and rendered left gable with tumbled in brickwork. Dentil eaves. 2 storeys, 4 bays with a first floor band. Doorway with C20 glazed door, to the right is a similar blocked doorway and further right a single tripartite glazing bar Yorkshire sash. To the left is a single similar sash. All ground floor openings are under segmental arches. Above are 2 C20 tripartite casements. An ashlar plaque above the blocked doorway is inscribed "Henry Jackson of this town Gent built and endowed this school for four pounds a year for the education of ten poor children belonging to this parish Anno Dom 1776". To the left is a lower one and a half storey, single bay, extension with single glazing bar Yorkshire and single C20 casement above. Interior has many exposed beams in the 2 rooms flanking the doorway and a closed well staircase.

Listing NGR: SK7911668990